Eaton Song
Classification:
12 Y-O[ Miscellaneous ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1973
Hybridizer:

Harry I. Tuggle, Jr.

d 1970. Martinsville, Virginia, USA

Harry I. Tuggle, Jr.
, Virginia, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1989
Registrant:

Rosewarne EHS

Rosewarne EHS
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001.

AGM 2001; 
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
USA66/0/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls usually 3 per stem, 68 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, opening sulfur yellow, becoming a little paler, reflexed, sometimes twisted and with margins incurved or recurved, overlapping a quarter to one-third; corona cylindrical, short, strongly ribbed, opening yellow-orange, becoming bright orange, sometimes with a paler tone at rim, mouth straight, frilled, rim crenate. Has secondary stems of 1-2 florets.

Synonyms:

'Spring Sunshine'

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Eaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #57770 Bradley McCarson, USAEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #57306 Bradley McCarson, USAEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #55393 Bradley McCarson, USAEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #55391 Bradley McCarson, USAEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #49185 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #49184 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #48032 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #40687 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsEaton SongEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #38758 Rose Bradley, USAEaton songEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #24511 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandEaton songEaton Song, 12 Y-O, Harry I. Tuggle, Jr., United States, 1989
Photo #5649 Ralph Sowell, USA