Fl. 111 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, vivid yellow, slightly inflexed, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, inflexed and slightly twisted; corona ribbed, rich golden yellow, with mouth expanded and lightly frilled, rim flanged, deeply notched and crenate.
According to deJager’s 1963 catalog: “Has been voted at the R.H.S. Daffodil show, the best Daffodil variety and the best 1a, ten years in succession, the only Daffodil ever to achieve this record.”
Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.
Kingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #53703 Michael Darlow, EngelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #53702 Michael Darlow, EngelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #53701 Michael Darlow, EngelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #51597 Trevor Rollinson, Nieuw-ZeelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #31353 RHS Yearbook, EngelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #29891 Michael Darlow, EngelandKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #10981 Kirby Fong, Verenigde StatenKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #6659 Joe Hamm, Verenigde StatenKingscourt, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ierland, 1938
Foto #4777 Wells Knierim, Verenigde Staten