Hailstorm
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Classification:
5 W-W[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1955
Hybridizer:

Douglas and John W. Blanchard

Douglas Blanchard In partnership with John W. Blanchard from 1954 tuntil 1968.
Blandford, Dorset, England.

Douglas and John W. Blanchard
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1968
Awards:

AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1968.AM(p) 1968; 
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: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii
Pollen Parent: 
N. rupicola Division 13 Species
Section: Apodanthi
N. rupicola
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 21 mm wide; perianth segments strongly reflexed, overlapping at base only; the inner segments slightly narrower; corona greenish white, with mouth constricted and slightly frilled, rim entire. Resembles ‘Icicle’.

In 1968 was shown under the name of ‘Hailstone’ when it received the Award of Merit (p)

Synonyms:

'Hailstone#'

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HailstormHailstorm, 5 W-W, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1968
Photo #48464 Kirby Fong, USA