Joe Hamm the Daffodil Man
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1992
Hybridizer:

M.E. (Spud) Brogden

Normanby, New Zealand. In partnership with G.W.E. Brogden from 1968; trading as Brogden Bulbs from 1989 (with G.W.E. Brogden until 1993)

M.E. (Spud) BrogdenM.E. (Spud) Brogden
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2019
Registrant:

Jeanne Rowles

Jeanne Rowles
, Pennsylvania, USA
Seedling Number:
X143/3
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 85mm wide; perianth segments 35mm long, roundish, very broad, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, concave, with margins incurling, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, more nearly ovate; corona 25mm long, bowl-shaped, mouth expanded, ribbed, frilled and lobed, with rim flanged and crenate. Mid-season. Slightly scented.

Origin of Name

Nickname given to Joe Hamm by 1st & 2nd grade students after he demonstrated the correct way to plant daffodil bulbs.

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Joe Hamm the Daffodil ManJoe Hamm the Daffodil Man, 2 W-YYO, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2019
Photo #54920 Jeanne Rowles, USAJoe Hamm the Daffodil ManJoe Hamm the Daffodil Man, 2 W-YYO, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2019
Photo #54902 Jeanne Rowles, USAJoe Hamm the Daffodil ManJoe Hamm the Daffodil Man, 2 W-YYO, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2019
Photo #54901 Jeanne Rowles, USAJoe Hamm the Daffodil ManJoe Hamm the Daffodil Man, 2 W-YYO, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2019
Photo #54900 Jeanne Rowles, USA