Nial Watson
Founder of Ringhaddy Daffodils
Nial WatsonJohn S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Galcador x seedling) x 1Y-Y seedling (Kingscourt x Home Fires)] x [Strathkanaird x Richardson 1Y-Y (seedling~ x Home Fires)]
Gold Convention
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1995
Owen Roe x open pollinated
Roi d'Or
Fl. 112mm wide; perianth segments 42mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, vivid yellow with slight white mucro, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a third; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 51mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, brilliant yellow, mouth a little expanded, even and shallowly lobed, with rim notched and neatly rolled.
112mm, With deep golden perianth segments and a deeper corona, which sometimes develops an orange tinge as the flower matures, this is a majestic flower. The perianth is broad and smooth and the corona is long with an elegant roll at the rim.
Regal Glow, 1 Y-Y, Nial Watson, Northern Ireland, 2016
Photo #59961 Kirby Fong, USARegal Glow, 1 Y-Y, Nial Watson, Northern Ireland, 2016
Photo #31777 Ringhaddy Daffodils, Northern Ireland