Mountain Blue Bird
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Classification:
3 W-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1984
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, 1998
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: 
Impala 3 W-GYY 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1966
Chinese White
Impala
Pollen Parent: 
Angel 3 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1960
Angel
Seedling Number:
2T43/2
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Mountain Blue Bird
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 125 mm wide; perianth segments acute, pure white, becoming reflexed, smooth; corona bowl-shaped, bright yellow, slightly frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the bird, Mountain Blue Bird, native in his home state of Oregon.

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Mountain Blue BirdMountain Blue Bird, 3 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1998
Photo #36744 Edward Dailey, USAMountain Blue BirdMountain Blue Bird, 3 W-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1998
Photo #36743 Edward Dailey, USA