Poplin
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Classification:
10 Y-Y[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Fall or Autumn Blooming
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

Douglas and John W. Blanchard

Douglas Blanchard In partnership with John W. Blanchard from 1954 tuntil 1968.
Blandford, Dorset, England.

Douglas and John W. Blanchard
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1960
Special Classes:
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

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. romieuxii Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. romieuxii
Pollen Parent: 
N. cantabricus subsp. monophyllus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. cantabricus subsp. monophyllus
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 38 mm wide, opens a pale yellow, and turns greenish-white to creamy-white as the flower matures; petals are triangular in shape, acute, inflexed, separated, and green tip of the segment; corona is cup-shaped, ribbed, mouth is wavy. Resembles a yellow-flowered N. cantabricus.

Origin of Name

Part of the Blanchards’ “Fabric Group”.

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PoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #12860 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #8597 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #8596 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #7078 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #7077 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #7076 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #7075 Jon Kawaguchi, USAPoplinPoplin, 10 Y-Y, Douglas and John W. Blanchard, England, 1960
Photo #7074 Jon Kawaguchi, USA