Merry Bells
Classification:
5 W-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Hybridizer:

Oregon Bulb Farms

Oregon Bulb Farms
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1958
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem; perianth segments broadly ovate or oblong, prominently mucronate, pure white, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more nearly ovate, less obviously mucronate; corona short funnel-shaped, lemon yellow, with mouth straight and sometimes 3-lobed, even, rim crenate.

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Merry bellsMerry Bells, 5 W-Y, Oregon Bulb Farms, United States, 1958
Photo #15330 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands