Loyce
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Classification:
7 Y-YYO[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1972
Hybridizer:

Roberta C. Watrous

b 1904 d 2000

Washington DC, USA

Roberta C. Watrous
, Washington DC, 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: 
Ruby 3 W-O 
Sir Charles H. Cave, England
Year Registered: 1907
Lulworth x Horace
Ruby
Pollen Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Seedling Number:
611-3
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Loyce
Descendants:
None
Comments

N. assoanus formerly called juncifolius; Fls 1-2 per stem, 40 mm wide; perianth segments light greenish yellow, spreading, overlapping; corona bowl-shaped, vivid yellow, with vivid orange at rim.

Origin of Name

Named for a good friend and editor of the American Daffodil Society Journal, Loyce McKenzie of Madison, Mississippi, U.S..

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LoyceLoyce, 7 Y-YYO, Roberta C. Watrous, United States, 1989
Photo #3400 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA