Bushtit
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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, 1960
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: 
Mite 6 Y-Y 
Sir Josslyn A.R. Gore-Booth, Ireland
Year of first flowering: 1935
N. obvallaris ? x N. cyclamineus
Mite
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
AN11/1
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Bushtit
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Bushtit
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 70 mm wide, clear yellow. Resembles taller and larger-flowered ‘Mite’ with the perianth segments less strongly reflexed.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series.”

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

BushtitBushtit, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1960
Photo #53403 Brent and Becky Heath, USABushtitBushtit, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1960
Photo #5620 Sara Ann Shryoc, USABushtitBushtit, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1960
Photo #3225 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA