Charles Warren
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Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1948
Special Class:
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

Seed Parent: 
N. minor var. pumilus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. minor var. pumilus
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Charles Warren
Descendants:
None
Comments

Resembles an earlier-flowered N. pumilus. Comments by hybridizer Alec Gray: “a dwarfer and earlier form of pumilus found by myself naturalized in Cornwall, 5 inches tall”.

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Charles WarrenCharles Warren, 1 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1948
Photo #59086 Roger Parsons, EnglandCharles WarrenCharles Warren, 1 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1948
Photo #51380 Heath Family Archives, USACharles WarrenCharles Warren, 1 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1948
Photo #51379 Heath Family Archives, USACharles warrenCharles Warren, 1 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1948
Photo #857 Hubert Bourne, USA