Helga
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson

b 1868 d 1953

East Keal, Lincolnshire, England; Shovell, Somerset; Presteigne, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales

Alexander (Alec) M. WilsonAlexander (Alec) M. Wilson
, Wales, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Registrant:

Helga and David W. Gourlay

Helga and David W. Gourlay
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: 
Tambov 3 W-? 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1949
Tambov
Pollen Parent: 
Ludlow 2 W-W 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1937
Naxos x Lysywern
Ludlow
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. large; perianth segments pure white, of heavy texture; corona shallow, tinged yellowish green at base, frilled.

Origin of Name

Named after the hybridizer’s daughter, Helga Gourlay who was given the seed for this cross by her father. She grew the seed at her home in Tockington, Bristol and registered this daffodil.

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