Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Red
Description: Flower is rounded with white petals that overlap half and a disk shaped cup that is scarlet-red. Good contrast of color.
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: J.W.A. Lefeber
Year of registration: Yes. 1st flowering pre 1946
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Origin of name: scientist
Awards: Award of Merit
First Class Certificate
Links: DaffSeek - Daffodil Database
RHS - Daffodil Register

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Other: should force well
Flower Color: Red
White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Other: Forcible
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Awards and Recognitions: Other: FCC 1957 and Award of Merit 1955
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Large-Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Date: 2017-04-09
Location: Thorp Perrow arboretum, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-29
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Location: Thorp Perrow arboretum, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-29
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-03
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-03
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Date: 2018-04-26
Location: critter's yarden
Date: 2012-03-20
shows the flatness of the flared cup

Date: 2004-04-15
Location: my front yard
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: critter's yarden
Date: 2012-03-20
Really striking contrast between the intensely orange cup and the

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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Location: Madrid, Spain
photo by: Cillias
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: Apr 5, 2011 4:57 PM

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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Location: Pacific Northwest zone 8
Date: Nov 2, 2011
Comments:
  • Posted by gemini_sage (Winchester, KY - Zone 6a) on Aug 23, 2014 4:29 AM concerning plant:
    I grew 'Professor Einstein' for 10+ years before finally removing it; no matter what sun exposure I provided for it, the weak stems would never hold the blooms upright. The first rain after the flowers opened always bent them flat to the ground.
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Apr 8, 2012 11:01 PM concerning plant:
    This variety caught our attention from across the daffodil pavilion at the Keukenhoff in 2009. Large blooms have good substance and are long lasting in the vase. I love including this one in bouquets, as the bright orange centers just show off really well against the usual daffodil white and yellow tones.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 7, 2013 9:50 AM concerning plant:
    Description by the RHS -'Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, blunt or truncate, prominently mucronate, pure white, more or less spreading, glistening and of thick substance, with margins sometimes incurling and broad midrib showing, overlapping half; corona very broad disc-shaped, closely ribbed, scarlet-red, with rim notched in places and minutely crenate. Mid-season. 2n=28.'
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
    Multiple award winning classic.
    Seed and pollen fertile; used twice as seed parent and 4 times as pollen parent. A listing of descendants available at http://daffseek.org/query/Desc... (DaffSeek 10-7-13)

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