Rathowen Daffodils
Rathowen DaffodilsTom Bloomer, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Consort x Preamble
April Harvest
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1957
Niphetos x Kanchenjunga
Newcastle
Fl. forming a double triangle, 120 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, triangular in appearance, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, of good substance, overlapping half; inner segments much narrower, square-shouldered at base, with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, deep golden yellow, with mouth expanded and even, rim entire and narrowly rolled. Resembles a larger-flowered ‘Newcastle’.
Named in recognition of friend Sandy McCabe’s promotion to the rank of the Royal Ulster Constabularly.
Chief Inspector, 1 W-Y, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #246 ADS Photo, USA