Katharine Hepburn
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Indiana, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Registrant:

Joe Hamm

Joe Hamm
, Pennsylvania, USA
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Glenside 2 W-GWW 
Frederick E. Board, England
Year Registered: 1976
Easter Moon x Pigeon
Glenside
Pollen Parent: 
Tangent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1969
Green Island x Accent
Tangent
Seedling Number:
1679A
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 78mm wide; perianth segments 32mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, white, spreading, concave, creased and of membranaceous substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, a little inflexed, shouldered at base; corona 20mm long, funnel-shaped, angled, pink, stronger in tone towards rim, mouth expanded, ribbed and wavy to lightly frilled, with rim flanged and crenate.

Origin of Name

Was registered with the name ‘Katherine Hepburn’ so that there would be a partner daffodil to the cultivar ‘Spencer Tracy’. Tracy and Hepburn were two beloved movie stars during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.