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Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2010
Hybridizer:

Brian S. Duncan

Rathowen Daffodils, in partnership with Clarke Campbell (1973-1988), Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland;

Founded Brian Duncan Daffodils 1989 - 2001

Brian S. Duncan

Photo from Spain in 2011

Brian S. Duncan
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2020
Registrant:

Frankie Charlton

Cleadon, South Tyneside, England

Frankie Charlton
, England, UK
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: 
Hillstar 7 YYW-YWW 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
Daydream x N. jonquilla
Hillstar
Pollen Parent: 
Little Bell 5 Y-Y 
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1986
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus x open pollinated
Little Bell
Seedling Number:
3613
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Eric's Choice
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3–6 per stem, deep lemon yellow, facing downwards; perianth segments lanceolate, blunt, with prominent pale mucro, slightly reflexed, plane or a little twisted, with margins narrowly incurling; smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments less prominently mucronate; corona cup-shaped, broadly ribbed, mouth straight, wavy, shallowly and
broadly lobed, with rim entire. 

Origin of Name

Admired by member of Denton Horticultural Society.

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ERIC'S CHOICEEric's Choice, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2020
Photo #61692 Michael Baxter, EnglandEric's ChoiceEric's Choice, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2020
Photo #59718 Sue Taylor, EnglandERIC'S CHOICEEric's Choice, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2020
Photo #58022 Michael Baxter, EnglandERIC'S CHOICEEric's Choice, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2020
Photo #58021 Michael Baxter, England