Frivolity
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Classification:
2 W-OOY[ 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, before 1950
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: 
White Sentinel 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1915
Beacon x 2 W-W seedling~
White Sentinel
Pollen Parent: 
Hades 2 W-R 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Hades
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Frivolity
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona bright salmon orange, with a narrow band of bright yellow at rim.

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FrivolityFrivolity, 2 W-OOY, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1950
Photo #284 ADS Photo, USA