Bantam
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Classification:
2 Y-YOO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Barr and Sons

See Peter Barr

Barr and SonsBarr and Sons
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1950
Awards:

Wister Award

This plant was given the John and Gertrude Wister Award for outstanding garden merit.

Awarded by the American Daffodil Society in 2024.

Wister 2024; 

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993.

AGM 1993; 

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1977.*AM(g) 1977; 

*AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1975.*AM(p) 1975; 
Special Classes:
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.

, ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

, New Zealand NDS Intermediates, The Daffodil Society Intermediates
Chromosomes:
27
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
10 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Bantam
Comments

Fl. 55 mm wide; perianth segments roundish, blunt, slightly mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow, reflexed, with margins incurling, overlapping half; corona bowl-shaped, smooth or lightly ribbed, orange, with a broad yellow zone at base and sometimes with a darker orange at rim, mouth expanded and 6-lobed, with rim entire or minutely crenate.

The 2024 Wister Award is presented to ‘Bantam’, this intermediate sized daffodil is a standout in the garden. This late blooming daffodil has roundish, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow perianth segments with a bowl-shaped corona that is smooth or lightly ribbed orange, has a broad yellow zone at the base and sometimes has a darker orange at the rim. See past outstanding garden daffodils that have been awarded the Wister Award on The John and Gertrude Wister Award page of our website.

 

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BantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #56114 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #50673 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #46136 Quality Daffodils, EnglandBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #41787 Mary Durtschi, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #40737 Ralph Sowell, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #39980 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #39009 Marguerite Donkin, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #39007 Marguerite Donkin, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #35686 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #35685 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #35684 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #34033 Kevin Inkawhich, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #32158 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #15624 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #13637 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #12459 Mary Lou Gripshover, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #12458 Mary Lou Gripshover, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #12457 Mary Lou Gripshover, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #7785 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #3952 Tony James, EnglandBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #3951 Tony James, EnglandBantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #1221 Kirby Fong, USABantamBantam, 2 Y-YOO, Barr and Sons, England, 1950
Photo #1220 Kirby Fong, USA