Scilly White
Classification:
8 W-W[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
Registered:
Yes, before 1865
Seed Parent: 
N. tazetta subsp. ochroleucus Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. tazetta subsp. ochroleucus
?
Chromosomes:
32
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Comments

Fls 10 per stem, 35-40 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, spreading, with apex incurved, somewhat concave, overlapping half; corona cup-shaped, obscurely ribbed, opening pale greenish yellow, becoming creamy white, mouth straight, even or a little wavy, rim entire, occasionally notched. Scented. Resembles ‘Grand Primo Citroniere’ but with a paler corona.

Origin of Name

Named because this daffodil grew prolifically on the Isles of Scilly, located off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain.

Synonyms:

'Scilly Isles' White', 'Sicily White', 'The Scilly White'