Highfire
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1968
Awards:

AM(e)(NZ) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the New Zealand National Daffodil Society in 2003.AM(e)(NZ) 2003; 

PC(e) Award

This plant earned the Certificate of Preliminary Commendation (PC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to a new plant of promise for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1970.PC(e) 1970; 
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments deep yellow; corona red.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 2003 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.

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HighfireHighfire, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1968
Photo #33128 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAHighfireHighfire, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1968
Photo #22479 Heath Family Archives, USAHighfireHighfire, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1968
Photo #22478 Heath Family Archives, USA