Atholl Palace
Classification:
4 W-Y[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
Richardson R3509 Seedling (
Falaise 4 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1945
Mary Copeland x N. poeticus ?
Falaise
x
Debutante 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Wild Rose x Rose Caprice
Debutante
)
Pollen Parent: 
Polonaise 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Daybreak x Merry Widow
Polonaise
Seedling Number:
703
Chromosomes:
27
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls, white; the outer whorl broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, overlapping half or more; the second whorl very little shorter, inflexed; the center whorl broad, strongly inflexed, deeply concave or with margins incurled; corona segments short, clustered at center, more loosely arranged among the petaloid segments, lemon yellow, tightly frilled. Resembles ‘Unique’ but with a whiter perianth. Tetraploid minus one.

Origin of Name

Part of Brian Duncan’s “Hotel Series” of white and pink or orange double daffodils. Named after the Atholl Palace of Pitclochry, Scotland. Was formerly a hydropathic establishment and during both World Wars, housed two schools and finally evolved into a Spa.