Murray Evans
b 1912 d 1988
Corbett, Oregon, USA
Murray EvansMurray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1970
Pink Lace x Interim
Cordial
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Green Island x Glenshane
Caro Nome
Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading or a little inflexed, overlapping half; corona short funnel-shaped, heavily ribbed, white, with yellow-green at base and a broad band of pink at rim, mouth straight, deeply 6-lobed, frilled, rim crenate. Resembles ‘Audubon’ but with a whiter and more heavily frilled corona with a clearer pink at rim.
Named in memory of this Canadian girl who received posthumous acclaim with the donation of her corneas for transplant after her death from leukemia at the age of 10. She specifically requested this donation herself and inspired others to do the same.
Janis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #57577 Becky Fox Matthews, USAJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #57576 Becky Fox Matthews, USAJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #47446 Carncairn Daffodils, Northern IrelandJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #42325 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #14215 Kirby Fong, USAJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #14214 Kirby Fong, USAJanis Babson, 2 W-GWP, Murray Evans, United States, 1968
Photo #4761 Wells Knierim, USA