Valley Lad
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2002
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2008
Seed Parent: 
Midas Touch 1 Y-Y 
Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1977
Camelot x Arctic Gold
Midas Touch
Pollen Parent: 
Gold Convention 2 Y-Y 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Galcador x seedling) x 1Y-Y seedling (Kingscourt x Home Fires)] x [Strathkanaird x Richardson 1Y-Y (seedling~ x Home Fires)]
Gold Convention
Seedling Number:
52-02
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Double triangle, 112mm; perianth segments 43mm long, broadly ovate, smooth; corona 37mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, slightly darker than perianth segments, mouth lightly frilled; strongly scented.

Origin of Name

Part of Colin Crotty’s “Valley Series”. Named because the daffodil was bred in Pleasant Valley which is on the outskirts of Geraldine, South Island New Zealand.

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Valley LadValley Lad, 2 Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #51721 Malcolm Wheeler, New ZealandValley LadValley Lad, 2 Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #49958 Don Caton, USAValley ladValley Lad, 2 Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #10585 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand