Topolino
Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1965
Awards:
This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001. AGM 2001;
Special Classes:
ADS Classics, ADS Intermediates, New Zealand NDS Intermediates, The Daffodil Society Intermediates
Chromosomes:
14
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 65 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, opening creamy yellow, becoming almost white, spreading, somewhat twisted or with margins wavy, overlapping at base only; corona cylindrical, smooth, vivid yellow paling at base to the color of the perianth, mouth flared, with six deep lobes recurved at margins or slightly overlapping, frilled, rim dentate. Resembles a taller and earlier-flowered ‘Little Beauty’ or a larger N. nanus.

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Photo: Fentongollan Farms, England, UKTopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., Connecticut, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Hein Meeuwissen, North Holland, the NetherlandsTopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Brenda Lyon, New South Wales, AustraliaTopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Bob Isaak, Virginia, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Hein Meeuwissen, North Holland, the NetherlandsTopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Mary Lou Gripshover, Ohio, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USATopolinoTopolino, 1 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1965, the Netherlands 
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