Killara
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Classification:
8 W-Y[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Henry Selkirk

Killara, New South Wales, Australia

Henry Selkirk
, New South Wales, Australia
Registered:
Yes, before 1910
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.

Seed Parent: 
Grand Monarch
Pollen Parent: 
Empress 1 W-Y 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
N. bicolor x N. pseudonarcissus
Empress
Chromosomes:
45 + 1B
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-4 per stem, 75 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, somewhat inflexed, creased, overlapping half; the inner segments with margins a little wavy; corona cup-shaped, straight-sided, loosely ribbed, mouth straight and wavy, with rim entire. The same as ‘Sanda##’?

Origin of Name

Named after Selkirk’s garden, Killara, which was situated eight miles from Sydney.

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

KillaraKillara, 8 W-Y, Henry Selkirk, Australia, 1910
Photo #46840 Unknown Historic SourceKillaraKillara, 8 W-Y, Henry Selkirk, Australia, 1910
Photo #41171 Kirby Fong, USAKillaraKillara, 8 W-Y, Henry Selkirk, Australia, 1910
Photo #31177 RHS Yearbook, EnglandKillaraKillara, 8 W-Y, Henry Selkirk, Australia, 1910
Photo #6884 Brent and Becky Heath, USA