Spring Overture
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Frank B. Galyon

b 1925 d 2007

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Frank B. Galyon
, Tennessee, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2005
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
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: 
Mite 6 Y-Y 
Sir Josslyn A.R. Gore-Booth, Ireland
Year of first flowering: 1935
N. obvallaris ? x N. cyclamineus
Mite
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Spring Overture
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 50 mm wide, mid-yellow, facing down; perianth segments narrowly ovate, blunt, fully reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; corona cylindrical, smooth, mouth slightly flared, even, with rim crenate. Very closely resembles the species, but has the ability to increase vegetatively.

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Spring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #13098 Tom Stettner, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #9339 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #9338 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #9337 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #9336 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #9335 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #3804 Elise Havens, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #2820 Kirby Fong, USASpring overtureSpring Overture, 6 Y-Y, Frank B. Galyon, United States, 2005
Photo #2819 Kirby Fong, USA