Pink Tango
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Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1975
Hybridizer:

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens

Grant E. Mitsch b 1907, d 1989.

Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens ( Mrs Elise Havens )

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued the business of Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils from 1989 though 2015.

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1991
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: 
C53/11 (
Pink Frost 2 W-P 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1984
Lough Maree x Radiation
Pink Frost
x
Accent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Interim x Interlude
Accent
)
Pollen Parent: 
Phantom 11a W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1975
Accent x Q97/2 (Wild Rose x Hillbilly)
Phantom
Seedling Number:
KK28/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. of strong color and heavy substance; perianth segments broadly ovate, clean white, spreading, with margins incurling, overlapping half; the inner segments with margins wavy or more strongly incurved; corona split to base, the six segments half as long as the perianth segments and closely overlying them, ribbed, clear pink, heavily frilled. Resembles a more heavily frilled ‘Phantom’ of deeper color.

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Pink TangoPink Tango, 11a W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1991
Photo #44600 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPink TangoPink Tango, 11a W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1991
Photo #36607 Rose Bradley, USAPink tangoPink Tango, 11a W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1991
Photo #10446 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandPink tangoPink Tango, 11a W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1991
Photo #3462 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA