Poldhu
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Hybridizer:

The Brodie of Brodie

b 1868 d 1943

Forres, Grampian, Scotland

The Brodie of Brodie
, Scotland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1930
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 1935.AM(e) 1935; 
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: 
Imbros 2 W-W 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1916
Minnie Hume x Lemon Star
Imbros
Pollen Parent: 
Tenedos 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
Tenedos
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. greenish white; perianth segments very broad, spreading, with margins incurled, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, a little inflexed, with margins sometimes wavy or incurved, shouldered at base; corona short funnel-shaped, with mouth straight, rim deeply and regularly crenate.

A description according to the Calvert Catalog dated 1936: “A nice Leedsii with a widely flanged ivory cup, with a tinge of green at the bottom.”

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

PoldhuPoldhu, 2 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #51638 Calvert Catalog, EnglandPoldhuPoldhu, 2 W-W, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #31231 RHS Yearbook, England