Beau Vite
Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

George Lewis

d 1962. Christchurch, New Zealand

George Lewis
, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1955
Registrant:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments white; corona deep lemon, frilled, with rim dentate.

A description according to the 1972-73 issue of Edward W. Cotter’s catalog Daffodils: “A large bi-colored trumpet of first class form and excellent quality. Perianth is smooth and of firm substance, the trumpet of deep lemon is nicely frilled and serrated. Tall and vigorous in growth.”

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Beau ViteBeau Vite, 1 W-Y, George Lewis, New Zealand, 1955
Photo #46422 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand