Willet
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
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, 1966
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: 
Mitylene 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
T35/8
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Willet
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 89 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, reflexed, plane, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, with margins sometimes wavy; corona cylindrical, constricted at base and towards mouth, very slightly darker in tone than the perianth, with mouth expanded and frilled. Resembles a smaller and earlier-flowered ‘Charity May’ with less strongly reflexed perianth segments and a longer and narrower corona.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named for the local large shore bird in Oregon, the Willet.

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WilletWillet, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1966
Photo #6039 George Tarry, EnglandWilletWillet, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1966
Photo #5174 Grant E. Mitsch, USAWilletWillet, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1966
Photo #3610 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAWilletWillet, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1966
Photo #3097 Kirby Fong, USA