Whisper
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Michael Jefferson-Brown

Michael Jefferson-Brown
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1960
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.

Seed Parent: 
Orange Glory 6 Y-O 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1920
1 Y-Y seedling x N. cyclamineus
Orange Glory
Pollen Parent: 
Dawn 5 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1907
N. triandrus x N. poeticus
Dawn
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Whisper
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth opens primrose, fades to white;

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WhisperWhisper, 1 W-Y, Michael Jefferson-Brown, England, 1960
Photo #5022 Wells Knierim, USA