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

Alexander Henry Ahrens

d 1954. Masterton, New Zealand

Alexander Henry Ahrens
, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1956
Registrant:

Jack S. Leitch

Masterton, New Zealand

Jack S. Leitch
, North Island, New Zealand
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
Origin of Name

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

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TuiTui, 2 W-W, Alexander Henry Ahrens, New Zealand, 1956
Photo #47286 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New ZealandTuiTui, 2 W-W, Alexander Henry Ahrens, New Zealand, 1956
Photo #22369 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand