Hesla
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Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Percival D. Williams

b 1865 d 1935

St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Percival D. Williams

From 1914 RHS Daffodil Yearbook

Percival D. Williams
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1908
Awards:

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1936.*AM(g) 1936; 

AM Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1924.AM 1924; 
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.

Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Hesla
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls sometimes 2 per stem, clear rich primrose yellow; perianth segments broadly ovate, spreading, with broad midrib showing, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, somewhat spathulate, inflexed at base, recurved above; corona cup-shaped, expanded, a little darker in tone than the perianth. Mid-season.

In the 1916 RHS Classification List, this cultivar was designated to be either lost to cultivation or surpassed by modern varieties.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

HeslaHesla, 7 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1908
Photo #49432 Kirby Fong, USAHeslaHesla, 7 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1908
Photo #11642 Ben Blake, USAHeslaHesla, 7 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1908
Photo #10948 Kirby Fong, USAHeslaHesla, 7 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1908
Photo #6054 Steve Taylor, USA