Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Historics
Hybridizer: Rev. G.H. Engleheart
Year of registration: Registered, flowering 1897
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: Ornatus
Pollen parent: {N. triandrus} subsp. {pallidulus} or {N. moschatus}
Awards: Award of Merit
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)
Plant Height: 16 to 18"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
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: AM 1898
Parentage: Ornatus x

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Common names
  • Triandrus Daffodil
  • Triandrus Narcissus
  • Angel's Tears
  • Daffodil

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Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2012-03-25
Has returned well for many years
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Cloudy day.
Location: southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-26 
Has returned well for many years
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 5, 2014 4:59 PM concerning plant:
    'This “regal beauty” and “good doer” is “the daffodil I now prefer to all others” – so wrote Mrs. Francis King in 1921, and since she was a founder of the Garden Club of America and author of nine popular garden books, that’s high praise indeed. With sparkling petals and a ruffled yellow cup, ‘White Lady’ is old-fashioned but full of life. 3W-Y, 16-18”, zones 5a-8a.'
    Courtesy of Old House Gardens.

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