Millennium Split
Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Hybridizer:

Dr. John R. Reed

Buchanan, Michigan, USA; Niles, Michigan. Prop. Oakwood Daffodils

Dr. John R. Reed
, Michigan, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2003
Seed Parent: 
Precocious 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1966
Precedent x Eclat
Precocious
Pollen Parent: 
Dear Love 11a W-YPP 
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1980
Perlax x Accent
Dear Love
Seedling Number:
90-7-1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 98 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments ovate, shouldered at base, acute at apex, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona deeply split, the three segments closely overlying the three inner perianth segments. Sunproof. Sweetly scented. Resembles ‘Tricollet’ but with a pink corona.

Origin of Name

Part of Dr. Reed’s ”Millennium Series”.

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Millennium SplitMillennium Split, 11a W-P, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2003
Photo #48565 Kirby Fong, USAMillennium splitMillennium Split, 11a W-P, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2003
Photo #9216 Kirby Fong, USAMillennium splitMillennium Split, 11a W-P, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2003
Photo #8268 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA