Desert Bells
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Classification:
7 W-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1973
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, 1984
Registrant:

Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils

Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils
Seed Parent: 
Quick Step 7 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Wild Rose x N. jonquilla ?
Quick Step
Pollen Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Seedling Number:
II134/1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Desert Bells
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, 43 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, opening yellow, becoming almost white, spreading or slightly reflexed, plane, overlapping one-third to a half; corona cup-shaped, lightly ribbed, opening yellow, becoming pale lemon yellow, with mouth straight and wavy.

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Desert BellsDesert Bells, 7 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #48242 Tom Stettner, USADesert BellsDesert Bells, 7 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #41017 Kirby Fong, USADesert BellsDesert Bells, 7 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #33920 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USADesert bellsDesert Bells, 7 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #10658 Colin Crotty, New ZealandDesert bellsDesert Bells, 7 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #260 ADS Photo, USA