Freedom Stars
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Classification:
11a W-YWW[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Janis Ruksans

Riga, Latvia; Rozula

Janis Ruksans
, Latvia
Registered:
Yes, 1997
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 2007.

AGM 2007; 

AM Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2004.AM 2004; 
Seed Parent: 
April Tears 5 Y-Y 
Alec Gray, England
Year Registered: 1939
N. jonquilla x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. concolor
April Tears
Pollen Parent: 
Canasta 11a W-Y 
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1957
Canasta
Seedling Number:
85-22-5
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-5 per stem, 60 mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments pure white, a little reflexed, smooth, deeply overlapping; cup is deeply split, closely overlying the perianth, smooth, white, shading to brilliant greenish yellow at base, with rim very slightly frilled. Resembles a much earlier-flowered ‘Tripartite’ of different coloring.

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Photo #57579 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #57578 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #56070 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #53870 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #51875 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #51874 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #48436 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #40381 John Castor, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #40380 John Castor, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #34533 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom StarsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #33725 Tom Stettner, USAFreedom starsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #14099 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom starsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #12972 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandFreedom starsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #9089 Kirby Fong, USAFreedom starsFreedom Stars, 11a W-YWW, Janis Ruksans, Latvia, 1997
Photo #8198 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA