Frontier Fairy
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Graeme and Faith Miller

Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu

Graeme and Faith Miller
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Seed Parent: 
GM89/30 (
Celtic Gold 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Golden Aura x Camelot
Celtic Gold
x
Gold Script 2 Y-Y 
Roger Parr, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1946
Gold Script
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
98/26
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 69 mm wide, facing down; perianth segments oblong, reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping at base only; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, smooth, mouth straight, even, with rim crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of the Miller’s “Frontier Series”. Named after the road the Miller’s live on, Frontier Road, and because it is a small cyclamineus and reminds us of a fairy.

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Frontier FairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #51879 Kirby Fong, USAFrontier FairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #51878 Kirby Fong, USAFrontier FairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #51877 Kirby Fong, USAFrontier fairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11592 Ben Blake, USAFrontier fairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11591 Ben Blake, USAFrontier fairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11590 Ben Blake, USAFrontier fairyFrontier Fairy, 6 Y-Y, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #10913 Kirby Fong, USA