Little Sunshine
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Jerry and Eileen Frey

Canby, Oregon, USA

Jerry and Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Originator:

Eileen Frey

Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1989
Special Classes:
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

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
Wee Bee 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1948
N. minor x open pollinated
Wee Bee
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
PEF 9/2
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Little Sunshine
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Double triangle, 100mm; perianth segments 40mm long, very broadly ovate, spreading, plane, smooth; corona 29mm long, funnel-shaped, angled, mouth straight, ribbed, wavy, w/rim flanged and crenate; slightly scented.

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Little sunshineLittle Sunshine, 6 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1989
Photo #8691 Becky Fox Matthews, USALittle sunshineLittle Sunshine, 6 Y-Y, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1989
Photo #3395 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA