Vita
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Classification:
2 WWY-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2004
Hybridizer:

Mitchell W. Carney

Boonsboro, Maryland, USA

Mitchell W. Carney
, Maryland, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2022
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Golden Amber 2 Y-OOY 
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1975
Kilmorack x open pollinated
Golden Amber
Pollen Parent: 
Silver Bells 5 W-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1962
(Daisy Schaffer x Polindra) x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Silver Bells
Seedling Number:
04-10-08
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Vita
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 78mm wide; perianth segments 35mm long, ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 28mm long, funnel-shaped, broadly ribbed, mouth straight and wavy, with rim dentate. Mid-season. Sunproof

Origin of Name

Named for Hybridizer’s cat.

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VitaVita, 2 WWY-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60728 Mitchell W. Carney, USAVitaVita, 2 WWY-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60727 Mitchell W. Carney, USAVitaVita, 2 WWY-Y, Mitchell W. Carney, United States, 2022
Photo #60726 Mitchell W. Carney, USA