Rathowen Daffodils
Rathowen DaffodilsJ. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Daybreak x Merry Widow
Polonaise
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.
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.
Atholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #55708 Tim Richardson, EnglandAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #55707 Tim Richardson, EnglandAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #55543 Becky Fox Matthews, USAAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #52860 Tom Stettner, USAAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #7584 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #5411 Joost Pennings, the NetherlandsAtholl Palace, 4 W-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1987
Photo #5410 Joost Pennings, the Netherlands