Mockingbird
Classification:
7 Y-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
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.
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1971
Seed Parent: 
Binkie 2 Y-W 
Guy L. Wilson and W. Wolfhagen, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Binkie
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide; perianth segments lemon gold. Resembles ‘Dickcissel’ but with broader perianth and flared corona.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s Bird Series.

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MockingbirdMockingbird, 7 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1971
Photo #4829 Wells Knierim, USA