Limelight
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Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop

d 1990. Ballymena, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland; Broughshane, Co.Antrim

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1958
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: 
King of the North 1 Y-Y 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1909
King Alfred x Glory of Noordwijk
King of the North
Pollen Parent: 
Content 1 W-WWY 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Lord Antrim ? x Beersheba ?
Content
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 112 mm wide; perianth segments very pale yellow, flushed with darker tones and), with near- white at base, slightly reflexed, a little twisted; corona almost white, touched with brilliant yellow at rim, with pale greenish yellow outside, flushed with much darker tones and), mouth straight and frilled, rim flanged and crenate.

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LimelightLimelight, 1 Y-Y, W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1958
Photo #52850 Michael and Lisa Kuduk, USALimelightLimelight, 1 Y-Y, W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1958
Photo #47178 Tom Stettner, USALimelightLimelight, 1 Y-Y, W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1958
Photo #36686 Becky Fox Matthews, USA