February Gold
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1923
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.

AGM 1993; 

*AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1977.*AM(p) 1977; 

*FCC(g) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1974.*FCC(g) 1974; 

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1973.*AM(g) 1973; 

EFA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Early Forcing Award (EFA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1943.EFA Haarlem 1943; 

EFA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Early Forcing Award (EFA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1928.EFA Haarlem 1928; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Golden Spur 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1885
Golden Spur
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed, 3 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of February Gold
Comments

Fl. 75 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, brilliant greenish yellow, with slight white mucro, reflexed, with margins wavy and incurved, overlapping at base only; the inner segments twisted; corona cylindrical, ribbed, vivid yellow, paling slightly to base, mouth 6-lobed and a little expanded, rim deeply and regularly notched and dentate.

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February GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #60278 Vee Kozma, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #60135 Vee Kozma, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #60134 Vee Kozma, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #46945 Ben Blake, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #46944 Ben Blake, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #46437 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #45970 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #43826 Henry Shejbal, ItalyFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #38545 Bradley McCarson, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #38544 Bradley McCarson, USAFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #35890 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandFebruary GoldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #32087 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USAFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #30065 Christopher Harley, USAFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #27230 P. de Jager and Sons, the NetherlandsFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #21821 Ben Blake, USAFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #20750 Quality Daffodils, EnglandFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #19919 Tom Stettner, USAFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #15247 Sofia Scheutz, SwedenFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #9650 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #8829 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandFebruary goldFebruary Gold, 6 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #6440 Mary Durtschi, USA