Sunny Maiden
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Classification:
6 Y-GYY[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1980
Hybridizer:

Jerry and Eileen Frey

Canby, Oregon, USA

Jerry and Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Originator:

Eileen Frey

Eileen Frey
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1996
Special Classes:
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

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
Wee Bee 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1948
N. minor x open pollinated
Wee Bee
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
PEF 9/1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Sunny Maiden
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 48 mm wide, bright yellow; perianth segments reflexed; corona cylindrical, with green at base, mouth very slightly expanded. Sibling to ‘Sunny Sister’, ‘Adorable Lass’ and ‘Little Sunshine’.

Origin of Name

Part of the Frey’s “Sunny Series.”

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Sunny MaidenSunny Maiden, 6 Y-GYY, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1996
Photo #42119 Chriss Rainey, USASunny MaidenSunny Maiden, 6 Y-GYY, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1996
Photo #42118 Chriss Rainey, USASunny MaidenSunny Maiden, 6 Y-GYY, Jerry and Eileen Frey, United States, 1996
Photo #42117 Chriss Rainey, USA