Pillar Box
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Classification:
2 Y-OOR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

K.J. Heazlewood

K.J. Heazlewood
, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Registrant:

Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde
, New Zealand
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Dunkeld 2 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1934
Seraglio x Killigrew
Dunkeld
Pollen Parent: 
Royal Mail 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Tregoose x Porthilly
Royal Mail
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broad, rounded at apex, smooth; corona orange, shading to red at rim, mouth expanded and frilled.

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Pillar BoxPillar Box, 2 Y-OOR, K.J. Heazlewood, Australia, 1959
Photo #44579 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPillar BoxPillar Box, 2 Y-OOR, K.J. Heazlewood, Australia, 1959
Photo #44578 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPillar BoxPillar Box, 2 Y-OOR, K.J. Heazlewood, Australia, 1959
Photo #39530 Kirby Fong, USAPillar BoxPillar Box, 2 Y-OOR, K.J. Heazlewood, Australia, 1959
Photo #39529 Kirby Fong, USAPillar boxPillar Box, 2 Y-OOR, K.J. Heazlewood, Australia, 1959
Photo #6803 J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia