Killymoon
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1950
Hybridizer:

Alan Pye

Huka Lodge, Taupo, New Zealand

Alan Pye
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1966
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments broad, smooth; corona with green at base, mouth expanded, rim dentate. Resembles `Ludlow’ but with a differently shaped corona.

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KillymoonKillymoon, 2 W-W, Alan Pye, New Zealand, 1966
Photo #47403 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandKillymoonKillymoon, 2 W-W, Alan Pye, New Zealand, 1966
Photo #47402 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandKillymoonKillymoon, 2 W-W, Alan Pye, New Zealand, 1966
Photo #47401 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandKillymoonKillymoon, 2 W-W, Alan Pye, New Zealand, 1966
Photo #47400 Ron Tyrrell, New Zealand