Millennium
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-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, 1972
Registrant:

Lord Skelmersdale

Lord Skelmersdale
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: 
Rockery Gem 1 W-W 
R.A. van der Schoot, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1930
Rockery Gem
Pollen Parent: 
Jana 6 Y-Y 
Alec Gray, England
Year Registered: 1949
N. cyclamineus x G.L. Wilson Y-R Seedling
Jana
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 65 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, whitish yellow, with white mucro, lightly reflexed, with margins wavy, overlapping one-third; the inner segments with margins more distinctly wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, slightly darker in tone than the perianth, with pale tones at base, mouth with six shallow and overlapping lobes, rim flanged and obscurely crenate. With several secondary stems. Resembles ‘Bambi’ in form.

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MillenniumMillennium, 1 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1972
Photo #47414 Broadleigh Catalog, England