Hawea
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Alan Gibson

d 1977. Marton, New Zealand

Alan Gibson
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, before 1950
Awards:

FCC(e)(NZ) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

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

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the New Zealand National Daffodil Society in 1954.FCC(e)(NZ) 1954; 

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 1954.AM(e)(NZ) 1954; 
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: 
Ludlow 2 W-W 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1937
Naxos x Lysywern
Ludlow
Pollen Parent: 
White House 2 W-Y 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1931
Nissa x Tenedos
White House
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona a little frilled.

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A fine exhibition variety bred Ludlow x Whitehouse. Flower is large, pure white and has overlapping triangular perianth. The slightly frilled cup is of good form and proportion. A strong grower on a medium stem with a short neck.”

Origin of Name

Named for Lake Hawea, an inland South Island lake in New Zealand. It is an important storage lake for the spring melting snow. This lake is in the large Tekapo hydro system, one of the country’s largest systems.

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HaweaHawea, 2 W-W, Alan Gibson, New Zealand, 1950
Photo #4743 Wells Knierim, USA