Silver Bells
Classification:
5 W-W[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
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, 1962
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
(
Daisy Schäffer 2 W-WYY 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1925
Daisy Schäffer
x
Polindra 2 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Polindra
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Seedling Number:
O106/1
Chromosomes:
22
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed, 4 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide; perianth segments strongly reflexed; corona somewhat flared.

Fertility information: sterile triploid +1.

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Silver BellsSilver Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #33099 Rose Bradley, USASilver bellsSilver Bells, 5 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #3535 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA