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

L. van Leeuwen and Son

L. van Leeuwen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1940
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1940.AM Haarlem 1940; 
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, squarish at apex, prominently mucronate, clear white, slightly reflexed, with margins wavy, overlapping 1/3 to 1/2; inner segments more narrowly ovate, blunt, more nearly spreading at base, more or less strongly reflexed in upper half, often nicked or ‘thumbed’ at shoulder; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, light yellow, shading to apricot pink at rim, mouth straight, with six deeply overlapping lobes, frilled. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Louise de Coligny is named in honor of the remarkable wife of William the Silent.

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Louise de ColignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #42207 Ben Blake, USALouise de ColignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #42206 Ben Blake, USALouise de ColignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #41342 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USALouise de ColignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #41231 Kirby Fong, USALouise de ColignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #40575 Becky Fox Matthews, USALouise de colignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #29923 J.J. Grullemans and Sons, the NetherlandsLouise de colignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #9751 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandLouise de colignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #7305 Becky Fox Matthews, USALouise de colignyLouise de Coligny, 2 W-YYP, L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands, 1940
Photo #7304 Becky Fox Matthews, USA