Miss Chriss
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Classification:
8 W-YWP[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Delia Bankhead

Hillsboro, Virginia, USA; Hendersonville, N.Carolina; Reston, Virginia

Delia Bankhead
, North Carolina, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2021
Registrant:

Greg Freeman

Greg Freeman
, South Carolina, USA
Special Class:
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

Seed Parent: 
Pink China 2 W-P 
Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year of first flowering: 1983
Pink Ice x HEJ17/
Pink China
Pollen Parent: 
N. dubius Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. dubius
Seedling Number:
02-7-25
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Miss Chriss
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 38mm wide; perianth segments 15mm long, ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, scarcely mucronate; corona 8mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, mouth straight and even, with rim entire.  Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

In honour of Mrs. Chriss Rainey;

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Miss ChrissMiss Chriss, 8 W-YWP, Delia Bankhead, United States, 2021
Photo #59423 Tom Stettner, USAMiss ChrissMiss Chriss, 8 W-YWP, Delia Bankhead, United States, 2021
Photo #58853 Greg Freeman, USA