Surfside
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Classification:
6 W-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 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, 1972
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1988.

AGM 1988; 
Seed Parent: 
Oratorio 2 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1959
Polindra x Green Island
Oratorio
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
C33/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 98 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, truncate, fairly prominently mucronate, milk white, reflexed, smooth, overlapping half; corona cylindrical, broadly ribbed, soft lemon yellow, aging to ivory white, with mouth flared and frilled, rim notched and crenate.

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SURFSIDESurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #55418 Michael Baxter, EnglandSurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #53848 Christopher Harley, USASurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #43642 John E. Colley, EnglandSurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #40769 Ralph Sowell, USASurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #31670 Rik Pennings, the NetherlandsSurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #8046 Juan Andres Varas Braun, ChileSurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #6027 George Tarry, EnglandSurfsideSurfside, 6 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #5874 Tom Stettner, USA