Larkwhistle
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Hon. Lewis Palmer

Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire, England

Hon. Lewis Palmer
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1960
Awards:

*FCC(g) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1970.*FCC(g) 1970; 

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1967.*AM(g) 1967; 
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.

Chromosomes:
21
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 76 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, vivid yellow, reflexed, overlapping at base only; corona cylindrical, richer in tone with base paler than rim, mouth slightly expanded, with rim flanged and dentate.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.

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LarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #57708 Becky Fox Matthews, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #55526 Frank Nyikos, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #54846 Christopher Harley, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #50222 Ralph Sowell, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #33580 Becky Fox Matthews, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #6470 Mary Durtschi, USALarkwhistleLarkwhistle, 6 Y-Y, Hon. Lewis Palmer, England, 1960
Photo #5974 George Tarry, England