Knockbane
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1960
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.

Seed Parent: 
Tryst 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Silver Coin x Armoy
Tryst
Pollen Parent: 
(
Greenland 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1949
2W-W seedling (Quartz x Naxos) x Chinese White
Greenland
x
Saint Mary 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Quartz x Diva
Saint Mary
)
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Knockbane
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Knockbane
Comments

A description according to the 1964 Guy L. Wilson catalog: “This is a flower of exquisite quality and refinement and quite distinct character as its perianth is built of smoothly overlapping rather long pointed segments, while the crown its rather narrow and goblet-shaped but absolutely smooth. The whole flower is of the purest white possible throughout its entire life.”

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KnockbaneKnockbane, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1960
Photo #28538 Guy L. Wilson Catalog, Northern Ireland