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Named Georgie Boy after the nine-month old Prince, the
daffodil has white, overlapping petals, which surround a bright
yellow corona. The flower grows up to a height of 25-40
centimetres, and has an early flowering time. The daffodil will
first be displayed to the public at the Chelsea Flower Show 2014.
Flowering bulbs of Georgie Boy are available
online, with 10 bulbs available for £10. From every 10 bulbs sold,
£2.50 will be donated to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
Prince George is not the first member of the British Royal Family
to have a variety of flora named after him. In 2012, his parents,
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had an orchid hybrid, called
Vanda William Catherine, named in their honour at the
National Orchid Garden in Singapore. At the same location, white
orchids, called Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana, named
after Diana, Princess of Wales. At the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011,
The Queen was presented with Doritaenopsis Elizabeth II, a
rare species of orchids named after her.
In addition to plants, royalty have had fauna named after them too.
The stream tree frog Hyloscirtus princecharlesi named
after the Prince of Wales, in recognition of his work with
rainforest conservation. George himself had a bilby named after him
at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, to which he paid a visit.
This year, the Flower Show will be held from 20-24 May. As reported
by Royal Central, The Queen and other
members of the Royal Family will be in attendance on the Monday
before it is open to the public.
Last year marked the 100th Annual Chelsea Flower Show.
Photo Credit: Government House, New Zealand/ Woolf/ Crown]]>
