Warbler
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 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, 1984
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2008.

AGM 2008; 
Seed Parent: 
B45/12 ( P50/1 seedling x
Flaming Meteor 2 Y-R 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1962
Armada x Ceylon
Flaming Meteor
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
NN41/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, very slightly mucronate, deep yellow, tinged green at base, strongly reflexed, overlapping half; inner segments somewhat creased and with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, smoothly angled, slightly deeper in tone than the perianth, tinged orange at rim, mouth flared and loosely frilled, rim with deep crenations sometimes overlapping. Sibling to ‘Swift Arrow’ and ‘Wings of Freedom’.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the group of Warbler birds native in his state of Oregon.

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WarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #53861 Kevin Inkawhich, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #52260 Kirby Fong, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #52155 Kirby Fong, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #47505 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #45701 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #43822 Melissa Reading, USAWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #42359 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsWarblerWarbler, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1984
Photo #3831 Elise Havens, USA