First Lady
Classification:
11b W-R/W[ Split-Cupped Papillon ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Hybridizer:

J.W.A. Lefeber

Established 1910. Lisse, Holland; Noordwijkerhout

J.W.A. Lefeber
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1960
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 58 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, creased, overlapping one-third to a half; corona deeply split, the six segments about half as long as the perianth segments and alternate to them, strong red, with white at margins, spreading.

Synonyms:

'Moulin Rouge#'

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First ladyFirst Lady, 11b W-R/W, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #10281 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand