Mission Bells
Classification:
5 W-W[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1971
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, 1984
Registrant:

Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils

Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001.

AGM 2001; 
Seed Parent: 
Silver Bells 5 W-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1962
(Daisy Schaffer x Polindra) x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Silver Bells
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
GO27/1
Chromosomes:
28 + 1B
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 1-3 per stem, 75 mm wide, ivory white; perianth segments broadly ovate, spreading or a little reflexed, somewhat creased, overlapping one-third; the inner segments with margins wavy; corona long cup-shaped, with yellow-green showing in tube, mouth straight, wavy. Resembles a healthier and more readily propagated ‘Silver Bells’. No chromosomal reason for infertility;

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Mission BellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #55986 Kirby Fong, USAMission BellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #51705 John F. McLennan, New ZealandMission BellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #41274 Kirby Fong, USAMission bellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #21467 Ralph Sowell, USAMission bellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #20807 Quality Daffodils, EnglandMission bellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #10391 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandMission bellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #9218 Kirby Fong, USAMission bellsMission Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #2252 Kirby Fong, USA