Oakwood Sprite
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1983
Hybridizer:

Dr. John R. Reed

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

Dr. John R. Reed
, Michigan, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Special Classes:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
Tiny Tot 1 Y-Y 
Matthew Fowlds, United States
Year of first flowering: 1958
Tiny Tot
Pollen Parent: 
Divine 2 W-P 
Phil Phillips, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
Divine
Seedling Number:
77-43-1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Oakwood Sprite
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 39 mm wide, light yellow, facing up; perianth segments oblong, acute, spreading, twisted, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, ribbed, with mouth straight and frilled, rim flanged and dentate. Sweetly scented. Resembles ‘Bagatelle’ but with the perianth segments twisted and a narrower corona.

Helen Link made the cross, Dr Reed planted the seed. This daffodil was added to the 2003 ADS Miniature 2003 list.

Origin of Name

Part of Dr. Reed’s “Oakwood Series”.   See photo of the oakwood tree in the middle of Dr. Reed’s field.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Oakwood SpriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #52640 Becky Fox Matthews, USAOakwood SpriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #45681 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOakwood spriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #16833 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOakwood spriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #12609 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOakwood spriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #4496 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOakwood spriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #4495 Jon Kawaguchi, USAOakwood spriteOakwood Sprite, 1 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #4494 Jon Kawaguchi, USA