Valley Sun
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1981
Registered:
Yes, 1992
Seed Parent: 
Irish Mist 2 W-Y 
Helen K. (Nell) Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1972
Irish Minstrel x open pollinated
Irish Mist
Pollen Parent: 
Dunmurry 1 W-Y 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1958
Niphetos x Kanchenjunga
Dunmurry
Seedling Number:
55-81
Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 98 mm wide, rounded; perianth segments pure white, with margins somewhat incurving at apex at first, smooth, overlapping; corona deep golden yellow, with mouth flared and obscurely lobed. slightly hooded at first;

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.