Ruby Morris
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Classification:
1 W-GWW[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2010
Hybridizer:

Anne Wright

Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England

Anne Wright
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2022
Special Class:
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

Seed Parent: 
Snipe 6 W-W 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1948
W.P. Milner x N. cyclamineus
Snipe
Pollen Parent: 
Candlepower 1 W-W 
Alec Gray, England
Year Registered: 1975
Candlepower
Seedling Number:
2781-1-17
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Ruby Morris
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 43mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments 19mm long, ovate, blunt, mucronate, greenish white 155C, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping at base only; corona 20mm long, cylindrical, smooth, greenish white 155A, touched brilliant greenish yellow 1B at base, mouth even, flared and lightly frilled, with rim irregularly notched. Dwarf. Early. Sunproof

Origin of Name

Named for hybridizer’s neighbor.

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RUBY MORRISRuby Morris, 1 W-GWW, Anne Wright, England, 2022
Photo #60864 Michael Baxter, England