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Flower Name

Lulworth

Division: 

2 - Large-Cupped Info

Colors: 

W - YOO

Height: 

Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)

Variation: 

Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.

Hybridizer: 

Walter Kendall

Country: 

England, UK

Year of first flowering: 

pre 1886, registered with the RHS

Seed Parent:

1 W-Y seedling

Pollen Parent:

N. radiiflorus

Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree Tree
Fertility: 

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

Used as a parent: 

18 times as seed, 4 times as pollen

Descendants:
Descendants Tree
Special Class:
ADS Historics

Awards:

FCC 1944; 

Comments: 

Perianth segments ovate or oblong, prominently mucronate, more or less spathulate, opening pale sulfur white, becoming pure white, spreading or slightly inflexed, with midrib showing, sometimes twisted, with margins wavy, separated at base, sometimes overlapping at mid-point; corona deep cup-shaped, bright reddish orange, with yellow at base, mouth straight or slightly flared, a little frilled, rim crenate.

According to The Book of the Daffodil (1903) Vol. XVI Handbooks of Practical Gardening, by Rev. S.E. Bourne, it states: “April 10, 1894. F.C.C. Incomp. A flower of exquisite beauty, said to be a chance seedling found in an orchard at Lulworth. Perianth segments broad, ample and slightly drooping; at first very pale sulphur, but afterwards pure white; cup large, bell-shaped, and of a peculiarly vivid red.

Synonyms: 

'Vicar of Lulworth'

 

 

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