Shieldaig
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

John S.B. Lea

b 1911 d 1984

Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England

John S.B. Lea
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Narvik 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Carbineer x Porthilly
Narvik
Pollen Parent: 
Air Marshal 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1953
Carbineer x Malta
Air Marshal
Seedling Number:
1-114-54
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments dark yellow; corona with reddish orange at rim.

Origin of Name

Part of Lea’s “Favorite Fishing Sites Series”. Named after one of John Lea’s favorite fishing sites in Scotland, River Oykel.

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