Miss Grace
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Classification:
6 W-P[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1978
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
(
Precedent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Mabel Taylor x Green Island
Precedent
x
Carita 2 W-P 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Roman Candle x Pink Diamond
Carita
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
2N40/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. more or less star-shaped, 63 mm wide, facing down; perianth segments oblong, acute, reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, slightly overlapping; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, light pink, with mouth flared and wavy, rim flanged and dentate Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of Miss Grace Arents whose home, Bloemendahl, is located on the grounds of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, in Richmond, Virginia.

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Miss GraceMiss Grace, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1999
Photo #48118 Janet Woody, USAMiss GraceMiss Grace, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1999
Photo #48117 Janet Woody, USAMiss GraceMiss Grace, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1999
Photo #34861 Kirby Fong, USA