Desdemona
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Registrant:

Guy L. Wilson Ltd

Guy L. Wilson Ltd
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 2001.

AGM 2001; 
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: 
(
Courage 2 W-W 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1932
[(Nevis x Nevis) x Naxos] x Askelon
Courage
x
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
)
Pollen Parent: 
Rashee 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Cotterton x Broughshane
Rashee
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments shouldered at base, with margins wavy or slightly incurved; corona funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, mouth flared and very lightly frilled, rim minutely and irregularly notched.

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DesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #48214 Henry Shejbal, ItalyDesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #14005 Kirby Fong, USADesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #8173 Mary Lou Gripshover, USADesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #8172 Mary Lou Gripshover, USADesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #8171 Mary Lou Gripshover, USADesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #7622 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandDesdemonaDesdemona, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #865 Hubert Bourne, USA