Delia
Classification:
6 W-YWP[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Registered:
Yes, 1984
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
(
Interim 2 W-YYP 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Cushlake x Dava
Interim
x
Aosta 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1968
Cymbeline x Rose Caprice
Aosta
)
Pollen Parent: 
Foundling 6 W-P 
Carncairn Daffodils, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1969
Irish Rose x Jenny
Foundling
Seedling Number:
563
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, pure white, strongly reflexed, with margins recurved at base and incurved at apex, overlapping 1/3; corona cylindrical, ribbed, a little constricted below mouth, white, with yellow at base and a band of soft pink at rim broadening with maturity, closely and minutely frilled. Color matures to 6W-WPP.

Origin of Name

Part of the Duncan “Family and Friends” Series.  This daffodil was named in honor of United States miniature daffodil expert and good friend, Delia Bankhead.