Triple Crown
Classification:
3 Y-GYR[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
Sunapee 3 Y-YYR 
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1969
Carbineer x Ardour
Sunapee
Pollen Parent: 
Achduart 3 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
2-17-54 (Spry x de Navarro seedling) x Vulcan
Achduart
Seedling Number:
962
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
19 times as seed, 10 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, deep golden yellow, a little reflexed, concave at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, roundish, more nearly spreading; corona shallow bowl-shaped, ribbed, deep golden yellow, with emerald green at base and a narrow band of red at rim, mouth expanded and minutely frilled.

Origin of Name

Named to commemorate Ireland’s winning rugby’s Triple Crown after beating England, Scotland, and Wales in the season’s championship.