Blenda
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1943
Hybridizer:

Crawford E. Radcliff

b 1879 d 1949

Crawford Ernest Radcliff; . Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Crawford E. Radcliff
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1956
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: 
Attila 2 W-? 
Crawford E. Radcliff, Australia
Year Registered: 1935
Mac x Atanga
Attila
Pollen Parent: 
Veronique 2 W-W 
William Jackson, Sr., Australia
Year Registered: 1932
Eucharis x Silver Plane
Veronique
Seedling Number:
149/43
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Blenda
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, mucronate, incurved, smooth, semi-transparent, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower; corona funnel-shaped, ribbed, apricot or buff, with mouth straight and frilled.

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BlendaBlenda, 2 W-Y, Crawford E. Radcliff, Australia, 1956
Photo #31434 RHS Yearbook, England