Cover Story
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Peter D.K. Ramsay

b 1939. d. 2019;
New Plymouth, New Zealand; Wellington; Hamilton.
Co-founder of Koanga Daffodils with Max Hamilton

Peter D.K. RamsayPeter D.K. Ramsay
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, before 1999
Registrant:

Koanga Daffodils

Partnership Max Hamilton and P.D.K Ramsay

Koanga Daffodils
, North Island, New Zealand
Seed Parent: 
Ragamuffin 1 W-W 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year of first flowering: 1974
Seedling 133/61 x Mercedes
Ragamuffin
Pollen Parent: 
Silent Valley 1 W-GWW 
Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Rashee x Empress of Ireland
Silent Valley
Seedling Number:
93-84
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Cover Story
Descendants:
None
Comments

Formerly ‘Cover Girl#’; Fl. forming a double triangle, 115 mm wide, pure white; perianth segments ovate, acute, plane, smooth and of heavy substance; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, with mouth flared and even, rim rolled.

Origin of Name

Named because a photo taken by Kirby Fong (USA) was featured on the cover of the American Daffodil Society Journal.

Synonyms:

'Cover Girl#'

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Cover StoryCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #49382 Kirby Fong, USACover StoryCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #47629 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandCover StoryCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #47608 John Russell, New ZealandCover StoryCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #46570 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandCover storyCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #10835 Kirby Fong, USACover storyCover Story, 1 W-W, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #1458 Kirby Fong, USA