Gresham
Classification:
4 W-P[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
Blushing Maiden 4 W-P 
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1985
Pink Chiffon x Accent
Blushing Maiden
Pollen Parent: 
Polonaise 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Daybreak x Merry Widow
Polonaise
Seedling Number:
872
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
7 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Comments

Perianth segments very broadly ovate, white, spreading, smooth, overlapping half; a few white petaloid segments at center very little shorter, broad, strongly inflexed, with margins deeply incurling; corona segments half as long as the petaloid segments at center and loosely arranged among them, broad, brilliant reddish pink, frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of Brian Duncan’s “Hotel Series” of white and pink double daffodils. Named after the Gresham Hotel in Dublin Ireland.