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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, 2021
Registrant:

Becky Fox Matthews

Becky Fox Matthews
, Tennessee, USA
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: 
N. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus
Seedling Number:
D3892
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Free Bird
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3 per stem, 40mm wide, deep lemon yellow, facing downwards; perianth segments 20mm long, ovate or oblong, blunt, spreading, plane or with margins a little incurved, smooth and of heavy substance,
overlapping at base; corona 7mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, mouth straight and slightly wavy, with rim entire. 

Origin of Name

Song by band Lynyrd Skynyrd, written in 1970.

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Free BirdFree Bird, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2021
Photo #59375 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFree BirdFree Bird, 5 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2021
Photo #59374 Becky Fox Matthews, USA