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There
are thirteen descriptive divisions of daffodils.
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The cup is as long or longer than the petals. There is one bloom per stem.
Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Daffodils
Pacific Rim, 2 Y-YYR
The cup length
measures more than 1/3 of, but less than equal to,
the length of the petals. There is one bloom per stem.
Division 3 - Small-Cupped Daffodils
Emerald Light, 3 W-GYO
The cup length measures not more than 1/3 of
the length of the petals.
There is one bloom per stem.
Division 4 - Double Daffodils
Marabou, 4 W-P
Daffodils have a clustered cup and petals.
There can be one or more flowers per stem.
Division 5 - Triandrus Daffodils
Akepa, 5 W-P
Daffodils have blooms that hang like bells.
There are usually two or more blooms per stem.
Division 6 - Cyclamineus
Daffodils
Saint Louie Louie, 6 W-Y
Daffodils have a wind-swept appearance.
There is one bloom per stem.
Division 7 - Jonquilla Daffodils
Wendover, 7 W-W
Daffodils have small flowers with flat petals.
There are usually one to three blooms on a stem.
They are very fragrant. The foliage is narrow, reed-like.
Division 8 - Tazetta Daffodils
Early Pearl, 8 W-Y
Daffodils have clusters of florets (usually more than
three) on a stem.
The foliage and stem are very broad. These flowers are very fragrant.
Division 9 - Poeticus Daffodils
Lemon Cooler, 9 W-GYR
Daffodils have extremely white petals and are noted
for this quality.
The cup is a small, crinkled disc.
Cups most often have a green center, surrounded by yellow, with a red rim.
There is usually one fragrant bloom per stem.
Division 10 - Bulbocodium Hybrids
Cornish Cream, 10 W-W
Division 10 consists of daffodils in the
"hoop petticoat" form pictured above.
Division 11 - Split-Cupped
Daffodils
Garbo, 11a W-P
Daffodils have cups split at usually more than half its
length.
Division 12 - Miscellaneous Daffodils
Mesa Verde, 12 Y-GGY
Division 12 consists of daffodils not classifiable by
the first 11 divisions.
Many are inter-division hybrids.
Division 13 - Species, Wild Variants,
and Wild Hybrids
N. rupicola subsp. watieri, 13 W-W
Division 13 consists of the wild, natural daffodils.
Miniature Daffodil
Junior Miss, 12 W-Y
Miniatures have the
same descriptive divisions as standards,
only with smaller blooms, usually less than 1½ inches in diameter.
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Updated
January 18, 2007
