Lemon Silk
Classification:
6 YYW-W[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1971
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, 1987
Awards:

Pannill Award

This plant was given the William G. Pannill Award for outstanding show flowers.

Awarded by the American Daffodil Society in 2014.

Pannill 2014; 
Seed Parent: 
Nazareth 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Binkie x (King of the North x Content)
Nazareth
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
G78/2
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Lemon Silk
Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments narrowly ovate, soft lemon, with white at base, more or less reflexed, very smooth, separated or slightly overlapping; corona cylindrical, lightly and broadly ribbed, white, with mouth straight, rim irregularly and minutely notched and crenate.

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Lemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #58921 Ben Blake, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #58920 Ben Blake, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #48524 Kirby Fong, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #48523 Kirby Fong, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #46992 Kirby Fong, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #43810 Melissa Reading, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #40569 Becky Fox Matthews, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #36757 Kevin Inkawhich, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #34067 Kevin Inkawhich, USALemon SilkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #33872 Kevin Inkawhich, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #21909 Tom Stettner, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #14284 Kirby Fong, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #9428 John Castor, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #8683 Becky Fox Matthews, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #8682 Becky Fox Matthews, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #7456 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsLemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #5772 Tom Stettner, USALemon silkLemon Silk, 6 YYW-W, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1987
Photo #2103 Kirby Fong, USA