Fairy Chimes
Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1966
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1976
Awards:
Special Classes:
Seed Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus
Seedling Number:
C76/1
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 4-6 per stem, 44 mm wide, brilliant greenish yellow facing down; perianth segments oblong, squarish at apex, slightly mucronate, reflexed, plane, overlapping at base only; the inner segments sometimes twisted or with margins recurved; corona cup-shaped, smooth, slightly paling in color towards rim, with mouth straight and even and rim entire. Scented. Resembles an earlier and more prolific ‘April Tears’ with taller stem.

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Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #57872 Sue Taylor, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #57871 Sue Taylor, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #56188 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #52949 Michael Baxter, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #49187 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #46029 Tom Stettner, USA
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #41055 Kirby Fong, USA
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #41054 Kirby Fong, USA
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #38283 Anne Wright, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #38282 Anne Wright, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #38281 Anne Wright, England
Fairy ChimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #37622 Malcolm Wheeler, New Zealand
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #29638 John E. Colley, England
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #9077 Kirby Fong, USA
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #9076 Kirby Fong, USA
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #9075 Kirby Fong, USA
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #8037 Roger Braithwaite, England
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #5725 Tom Stettner, USA
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #4455 Jon Kawaguchi, USA
Fairy chimesFairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #947 Bill Dijk, New Zealand