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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Murray Evans

b 1912 d 1988

Corbett, Oregon, USA

Murray Evans
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1965
Registrant:

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
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.

Seed Parent: 
Polindra 2 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Polindra
Pollen Parent: 
Frolic 1 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
(Beersheba x Kandahar) x Kanchenjunga
Frolic
Seedling Number:
M-54/3
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments smooth, overlapping; corona slender, opening clear lemon yellow, becoming a little paler. Resembles a taller ‘Frolic’.

Origin of Name

Believed to be named after the Descanso Gardens located in Southern California, USA.

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DescansoDescanso, 1 W-Y, Murray Evans, United States, 1965
Photo #864 Hubert Bourne, USA