Little Al
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2004
Hybridizer:

Mitchell W. Carney

Boonsboro, Maryland, USA

Mitchell W. Carney
, Maryland, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2022
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Little Tyke 1 Y-Y 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1988
Truvius x Baradoc
Little Tyke
Pollen Parent: 
Tyrella 1 Y-Y 
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year of first flowering: 1975
Golden Aura x (Viking x unknown)
Tyrella
Seedling Number:
04-52-02
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Little Al
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 68mm wide; perianth segments 30mm, ovate, blunt, yellow, with scarce pale mucro, spreading, plane, with margins a little incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 20mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, yellow, mouth straight and wavy, with rim flanged and dentate. Dwarf. Mid-season. Sunproof

Origin of Name

Named for the hybridizer’s cat.

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Little AlLittle Al, 2 Y-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60628 Mitchell W. Carney, USALittle AlLittle Al, 2 Y-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60627 Mitchell W. Carney, USALittle AlLittle Al, 2 Y-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60626 Mitchell W. Carney, USA