Tui
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Sydney C. Gaspar

b 1890 d 1954

East Tairei, New Zealand

Sydney C. Gaspar
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1957
Registrant:

Ron J. Abernathy

Ron J. Abernathy
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona disc-shaped, golden yellow, with a broad band of reddish orange at rim, dentate

Origin of Name

Named for the New Zealand bird, Tui which has the common name of “Parson Bird”.

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