Valley Gem
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Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2012
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Cindicee 2 W-P 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year Registered: 2005
Big Sky x Eclat
Cindicee
Pollen Parent: 
Cherry Pink 11a W-P 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year Registered: 2005
Peach Glow x Ashmore
Cherry Pink
Seedling Number:
CC16-12
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 76mm wide; perianth segments 26mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, white, spreading, plane, with margins incurved, creased and of membranaceous substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower; corona 20mm long, split into six segments, each three-quarters the length of and closely overlying a perianth segment, lobed and heavily frilled, creamy pink, deeper in tone at rim.  Strongly scented.

 

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Valley GemValley Gem, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2017
Photo #36573 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand