Jean Blanchard
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Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2016
Hybridizer:

Anne Wright

Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England

Anne Wright
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2021
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: 
Candlepower 1 W-W 
Alec Gray, England
Year Registered: 1975
Candlepower
Pollen Parent: 
Snook 6 Y-Y 
Glenbrook Bulb Farm, Australia
Year Registered: 1997
N. nevadensis x N. cyclamineus
Snook
Seedling Number:
3101-1-16
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 41mm wide, facing upwards; perianth segments 17mm long, oblong, rounded at apex, brilliant greenish yellow 5A, with pale prominent mucro, spreading, plane, with margins slightly incurved at apex, with midrib showing, of heavy substance; the inner segments scarcely mucronate; corona 20mm long, cylindrical, slightly constricted at waist, smooth, vivid yellow 9A, mouth wavy and narrowly flared, with rim dentate. Early.

Origin of Name

This daffodil is named for the hybridiser’s late aunt.

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Jean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58211 Anne Wright, EnglandJean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58210 Anne Wright, EnglandJean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58209 Anne Wright, EnglandJean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58208 Anne Wright, EnglandJean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58207 Anne Wright, EnglandJean BlanchardJean Blanchard, 1 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2021
Photo #58206 Anne Wright, England