Valley Moon
Classification:
1 YYW-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil colour or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Raiser:
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Seedling Number:
84-91
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 106 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, mucronate, shouldered at base, light lemon yellow, with white at base, shading to a darker lemon yellow at rim, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and membranaceous, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, smooth, whitish lemon yellow, with a darker tone outside, mouth ribbed and flared, wavy, with rim flanged and crenate. opens lemon, tones with age.

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.