Fls up to 5 per stem, rounded, 66mm wide; perianth segments 26mm long, very broadly ovate in outline, rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, spreading, plane or with margins incurved to a little wavy, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, less prominently mucronate, somewhat inflexed; corona 6mm long, bowl-shaped, mouth expanded, ribbed and wavy, with rim crenate. Strongly scented.

A variety chosen by her daughter Judith Patten to reflect the late cookery writer’s qualities as “modern, vibrant and with a twinkle in her eye.”  The Guild of Food Writers sponsored the naming of the Marguerite Patten daffodil in her honor as an author and a founder member of the Guild.