Dove Wings
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Classification:
6 W-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Cyril F. Coleman

b 1892 d 1980

Cranbrook, Kent, England

Cyril F. Coleman
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1949
Awards:

*AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1985.*AM(p) 1985; 

*FCC(g) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1973.*FCC(g) 1973; 

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1961.AM Haarlem 1961; 

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1954.*AM(g) 1954; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1949.AM(e) 1949; 
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: 
Mitylene 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Dove Wings
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Dove Wings
Comments

Fl. 76 to 85 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, blunt or squarish at apex, prominently mucronate, creamy white, reflexed, plane, with midrib showing, overlapping 1/3 to 1/2; inner segments more narrowly ovate, not noticeably mucronate, with margins slightly wavy; cup is cylindrical or narrowly funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, between brilliant yellow and vivid yellow, mouth slightly expanded, frilled, with rim crenate.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.

Origin of Name

Named after the bird, White Winged Dove.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Dove WingsDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #59147 Christopher Harley, USADove WingsDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #47281 Grace Noyes, USADove wingsDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #9633 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandDove wingsDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #4659 Wells Knierim, USADove wingsDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #3275 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA