Lemon Sprite
Classification:
7 YYW-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1970
Hybridizer:

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens

Grant E. Mitsch b 1907, d 1989.

Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens ( Mrs Elise Havens )

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued the business of Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils from 1989 though 2015.

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1988
Seed Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
F72/25
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Lemon Sprite
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem; perianth segments lemon yellow, white at base; corona bowl-shaped, becoming white. Resembles ‘Pipit’ but with a broader and darker-colored perianth and a more regularly formed corona.

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Lemon SpriteLemon Sprite, 7 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1988
Photo #48526 Kirby Fong, USALemon spriteLemon Sprite, 7 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1988
Photo #2106 Kirby Fong, USALemon spriteLemon Sprite, 7 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1988
Photo #2105 Kirby Fong, USA