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Classification:
7 Y-GYY[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
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: 
Seraglio 3 Y-YYO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1926
Mozart x Gallipoli
Seraglio
Pollen Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Seedling Number:
P85/1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Vireo
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 64 mm wide, soft clear yellow; corona small, with vivid deep green at base.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named for a small, olive-green songbird.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

VireoVireo, 7 Y-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #41346 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USAVireoVireo, 7 Y-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #34112 Rose Bradley, USAVireoVireo, 7 Y-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #16679 Becky Fox Matthews, USAVireoVireo, 7 Y-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #16678 Becky Fox Matthews, USAVireoVireo, 7 Y-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #9914 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand