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Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1979
Hybridizer:

Jerry and Eileen Frey

Canby, Oregon, USA

Jerry and Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Originator:

Eileen Frey

Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1994
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: 
Wee Bee 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1948
N. minor x open pollinated
Wee Bee
Pollen Parent: 
Jetfire 6 Y-O 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1966
[(Market Merry x Carbineer) x Armada] x N. cyclamineus
Jetfire
Seedling Number:
PEF10/1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Bird Music
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 60 mm wide, yellow; perianth segments becoming somewhat reflexed; corona deeper in tone than the perianth, loosely frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of the Mitsch family “Bird Series”.

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Bird MusicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #61267 Kirby Fong, USABird MusicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #61266 Kirby Fong, USABird MusicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #54188 John E. Colley, EnglandBird MusicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #54187 John E. Colley, EnglandBird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #16750 Jon Kawaguchi, USABird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #16749 Jon Kawaguchi, USABird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #7406 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsBird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #7405 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsBird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #7214 Becky Fox Matthews, USABird musicBird Music, 1 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1994
Photo #7213 Becky Fox Matthews, USA