Leedsii
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Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward Leeds

b 1802 d 1877

Longford Bridge, Lancashire, England

Edward Leeds
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1851
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: 
Major 2 W-Y 
Edward Leeds, England
Year Registered: 1877
Major
Pollen Parent: 
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. large; perianth segments ovate, yellow, spreading, plane, only slightly overlapping; corona short funnel-shaped, ribbed, deep yellow, heavily stained bright scarlet-orange at rim, mouth straight, wavy, indistinctly lobed. 

Origin of Name

This has also been used as a Group name. Gardeners’ Magazine of Botany 3:169 (1851).

Synonyms:

'Incomparabilis Leedsii 'Leedsii''

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

LeedsiiLeedsii, 2 Y-YYO, Edward Leeds, England, 1851
Photo #55757 Ian Tyler, EnglandLeedsiiLeedsii, 2 Y-YYO, Edward Leeds, England, 1851
Photo #32026 Unknown Historic Source