Marionette
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Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1946
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
Pollen Parent: 
N. asturiensis Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. asturiensis
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments bright yellow; corona with reddish orange at rim.

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MarionetteMarionette, 2 Y-YYO, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #34367 Kirby Fong, USAMarionetteMarionette, 2 Y-YYO, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #34366 Kirby Fong, USAMarionetteMarionette, 2 Y-YYO, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #4483 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMarionetteMarionette, 2 Y-YYO, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #3408 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA