Tridymus
Classification:
12 Y-Y[ Miscellaneous ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

William Backhouse

b 1807 d 1869

Wolsingham, Durham, England

William Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1869
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 and rarely 5 per stem, facing down; perianth segments broadly ovate, whitish yellow, spreading or somewhat inflexed, concave, with margins wavy, overlapping a quarter to one-third; corona funnel-shaped, about as long as the perianth segments, bright yellow, with mouth ribbed and more or less expanded, lightly frilled. This has also been used as a Group name.

This daffodil changed from Division 8 to Division 12 in 2007.

There is a question about the hybridizer as William Backhouse.

Synonyms:

'N. tridymus Burbidge', 'The Trine Narcissus', 'Tridymus 'Tridymus''

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