Muslin
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Classification:
10 W-W[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Fall or Autumn Blooming
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Douglas Blanchard

b 1887 d 1968

Blandford, Dorset, England. In partnership from 1954 with J.W.Blanchard

Douglas Blanchard
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1952
Special Classes:
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

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Pollen Parent: 
N. romieuxii Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. romieuxii
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Muslin
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

30mm wide, opens a pale yellow, and fades to a sparkling white with a green eye; petals are oblong, acute, slightly twisted, and separated; cup is funnel-shaped, straight, smooth, mouth is wavy.

Origin of Name

Part of Douglas Blanchard’s ‘Fabric Group.’

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MuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #46887 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #12603 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #7036 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #7035 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #7034 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #7033 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #7032 Jon Kawaguchi, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #6611 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #2289 Kirby Fong, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #2288 Kirby Fong, USAMuslinMuslin, 10 W-W, Douglas Blanchard, England, 1952
Photo #2287 Kirby Fong, USA