Oxford Gold
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Classification:
10 Y-Y[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1996
Hybridizer:

Walter J.M. Blom

Hillegom, Holland; also at Cranleigh, Surrey, England; Leavesden, Hertfordshire; Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire; Albany, Oregon, USA

Walter J.M. Blom
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2016.AM(e) 2016; 

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2011.

AGM 2011; 
Special Class:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

Seed Parent: 
(
N. bulbocodium Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. bulbocodium
x unknown )
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
8-3
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Oxford Gold
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 65 mm wide, vivid yellow, facing up; perianth segments lanceolate, acute, spreading, plane, with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, separated; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth flared, frilled, with rim crenate. Sweetly scented.

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Oxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #51031 Kirby Fong, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #51030 Kirby Fong, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #50186 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #48599 Kirby Fong, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #48598 Kirby Fong, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #48597 Kirby Fong, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #42267 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #42266 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOxford GoldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #42265 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOXFORD GOLDOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #38727 Michael Baxter, EnglandOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #20181 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #16841 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #16840 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #16839 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #16838 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOxford goldOxford Gold, 10 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2007
Photo #16837 Jon Kawaguchi, USA