Daffodil (Narcissus) "Three of Diamonds" details in the DaffSeek database

Three of Diamonds

Classification:

3 W-GWO[ Small-Cupped ]

Season:

Late

Height:

Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)

Year of first flowering:

1975

Hybridizer:

Mary Lou Gripshover

Columbus, Ohio, USA; Franklin, Tennessee; Milford, Ohio

Mary Lou Gripshover, Ohio, USA

Registered:

Yes, 1993

Special Classes:

ADS Miniatures, New Zealand NDS Miniatures, The Daffodil Society Miniatures

Seed Parent:

Cushendall 3 W-GWW
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1931
Emerald Eye x Dactyl

Cushendall

Pollen Parent:

Knave of Diamonds 9 W-R
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Dactyl x Ace of Diamonds

Knave of Diamonds

Seedling Number:

69-38

Pedigree Chart:

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Fertility:

Believed to be Seed fertile

Descendants:

None

Comments

Poet-like bloom; Fl. 50 mm wide; perianth segments broadly or very broadly ovate, reflexed, with broad midrib showing, overlapping half; corona disc-shaped. Flower size like Segovia.

Origin of Name

‘Knave of Diamonds’ is one of the parents, so this daffodil is named ‘Three’ for the division and ‘Diamonds’ for the pollen parent.

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Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
Photo: Rose Bradley, Illinois, USA Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
Photo: Tom Stettner, USA Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, USA Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, USA Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, USA Three of Diamonds, 3 W-GWO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 1993, United States
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