Carib Gipsy
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Classification:
2 Y-WWY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

A.J.R. (John) Pearson

Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Little Totham, Essex, England; founded 1987 Hofflands Daffodils.

A.J.R. (John) Pearson

Photo 2009

A.J.R. (John) Pearson
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Awards:

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 1998.

AGM 1998; 
Seed Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Pollen Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Seedling Number:
81-23-F1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Carib Gipsy
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed, 7 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Carib Gipsy
Comments

perianth segments broadly ovate, opening greeny-lemon yellow, becoming slightly darker in tone, with white at base and touches of white at midrib towards apex, a little concave, with midrib showing, overlapping half; inner segments a more narrowly ovate; cup is cylindrical, smooth or lightly ribbed, opening lemon yellow, becoming white, with a broad band of gold at rim, mouth slightly flared, with six shallow and overlapping lobes, rim crenate. Resembles ‘Hartgrove’ but with a more trumpet-like corona.

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Carib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #51657 John E. Colley, EnglandCarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #50034 John F. McLennan, New ZealandCarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #48050 Theodore E. Snazelle, USACarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #48049 Theodore E. Snazelle, USACarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #44152 Tom Stettner, USACarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #41839 John F. McLennan, New ZealandCarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #36209 Margaret Seconi, New ZealandCarib GipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #33917 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USACarib gipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #9597 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCarib gipsyCarib Gipsy, 2 Y-WWY, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #5332 A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England