Grandis
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward Leeds

b 1802 d 1877

Longford Bridge, Lancashire, England

Edward Leeds
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1877
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
N. bicolor Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. bicolor
Chromosomes:
22 or 21 + B
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. large; perianth segments oblong, blunt, prominently mucronate, white or pale yellow, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments somewhat inflexed; corona cylindrical, strongly ribbed, deep yellow, mouth flared and lobed, frilled, with rim crenate. Resembles an earlier-flowered ‘Empress’ of less refinement and stronger substance

Synonyms:

'Grandee', 'Maximus#'

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GrandisGrandis, 1 W-Y, Edward Leeds, England, 1877
Photo #61752 Drew Mc Farland, USAGrandisGrandis, 1 W-Y, Edward Leeds, England, 1877
Photo #32619 Unknown Historic SourceGrandisGrandis, 1 W-Y, Edward Leeds, England, 1877
Photo #18182 Barr Catalog, EnglandGrandisGrandis, 1 W-Y, Edward Leeds, England, 1877
Photo #16717 Gertrude Hartland, Ireland