Simon Mehnert
Simon MehnertGrant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
Daydream x N. jonquilla
Hillstar
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus
Fls 2–3 per stem, star-shaped, 75mm wide, facing downwards; perianth segments 32mm long, ovate, blunt, white, slightly reflexed, concave or with margins wavy, smooth and of membranaceous substance, overlapping one-third; corona 14mm long, cup-shaped, broadly ribbed, opening pale cream, becoming white, mouth a little expanded, wavy, with rim entire.
The flowers are a creamy yellow which fades to a pure white, very beautiful.
Simon Mehnert visited Brian Duncan and named this cultivar for “our 15 year (Crystal) Wedding Anniversay. In terms of the name Shell’s – Is Short for Michelle (my Wife), Crystal is the anniversary and star as its what the flowers resemble… Shell’s Crystal Star.”
Shell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55754 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55753 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55752 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55751 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55750 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55749 Simon Mehnert, EnglandShell's Crystal Star, 5 W-W, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 2019
Photo #55748 Simon Mehnert, England