Saint David
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

b 1851 d 1936

Appleshaw, Hampshire, England; Dinton, Wiltshire

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

photo of Rev. George Herbert Engleheart via the Wiltshire OPC Project

Rev. G.H. Engleheart
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1913
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.

Descendants:
None
Origin of Name

Named after the patrol saint of Wales. Saint David’s Day falls on March 1st in remembrance of his death on that day in 589 A.D.. Today, Welsh people wear in their lapel either a daffodil (a generic Welsh symbol) or a leek (Saint David’s personal symbol). Both of these have similar names in Welsh – cenin for leek and cenin Bedr for daffodil (which translates to “Peter’s leek”).

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