Downpatrick
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop

d 1990. Ballymena, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland; Broughshane, Co.Antrim

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Awards:

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 1971.AM(e) 1971; 
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: 
Guardian 2 W-Y 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1942
(Niphetos x Trostan) x Kanchenjunga
Guardian
Pollen Parent: 
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Downpatrick
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Downpatrick
Comments

Fl. 110-115 mm wide; perianth segments blunt, greenish white, inflexed, slightly twisted, regular, overlapping; corona slightly ribbed, greenish yellow, mouth expanded, with rim flanged and crenate.

Origin of Name

Named after the town Downpatrick which is in County Down in Northern Ireland.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

DownpatrickDownpatrick, 1 W-Y, W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1959
Photo #26068 Dunlop Catalog, Northern IrelandDownpatrickDownpatrick, 1 W-Y, W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1959
Photo #5949 George Tarry, England