Sir Watkin
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1868
Chromosomes:
21
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed
Comments

Fl. 112 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, prominently mucronate, light greenish yellow, spreading or a little inflexed, overlapping 1/3 or less; inner segments nearly acute, with margins wavy or recurved; corona funnel-shaped, more or less ribbed, vivid yellow, slightly tinged orange, with mouth straight, often deeply 6-lobed and overlapping, frilled, rim minutely and irregularly crenate.

Synonyms:

'Giant Daffodil', 'James Dickson', 'Mountain Daffodil', 'Star Narcissus', 'The Welsh Peerless', 'Watkin'

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Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #60075 Vee Kozma, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #60063 Vee Kozma, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #54862 Christopher Harley, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #43551 Albert F. Calvert, England
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #41525 Kirby Fong, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #41524 Kirby Fong, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #41523 Kirby Fong, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #41522 Kirby Fong, USA
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #31204 RHS Yearbook, England
Sir WatkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #31203 RHS Yearbook, England
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #20855 Quality Daffodils, England
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #18304 Unknown Historic Source
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #17993 Albert F. Calvert, England
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #16737 Gertrude Hartland, Ireland
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #15953 Carlos van der Veek, the Netherlands
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #8622 Keith Kridler, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #8621 Keith Kridler, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #6288 Willis H. Wheeler, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #3538 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #2765 Kirby Fong, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #782 Ben Blake, USA
Sir watkinSir Watkin, 2 Y-Y, W. Pickstone, England, 1868
Photo #781 Ben Blake, USA