Valley Snow
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Classification:
11a W-W[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1986
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1997
Seed Parent: 
Ice Crystal 11a W-W 
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1965
Ice Crystal
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
123B-81
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 112 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, pure white, slightly reflexed; corona opens primrose, fades to creamy white, heavily lobed and frilled margin;

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 snowValley Snow, 11a W-W, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1997
Photo #9372 Kirby Fong, USA