Grant E. Mitsch

Softly colored, elegant and well-rounded, Aircastle always speaks with an indoor voice. Tall and late : an ADS classic from Grant Mitsch that will never go out of style.

Perfection of form and consistency of performance are the attributes of this variety. The perianth is very rounded and flat, and in perfect balance with the small flat crown which is pale apricot lemon with a narrow margin of deeper shade. The perianth opens milk white but after a few days turns to greenish beige. A large flower of good substance and vigorous growth. One may go down a long row and find nearly every flower of exhibition caliber. A frequent show winner including awards for best flower in the Royal Horticultural Society's London Daffodil Show in 1963 and 1966. It has been a good parent. While the color does not appeal to every one, it is doubtless one of the best Daffodils we have raised.

Novelty Daffodils Catalog, Grant Mitch, 1971 p. 5

A pink-cupped triandrus may be the rarest form in all of daffodildom. Akepa is perhaps the very first of its kind, from Grant Mitsch.

We hesitate to deem Beautiful Dream as a good "filler" flower for the bouquet, although it succeeds any way you see fit to use it. Because of its gentle nature and its ability to elevate its neighbors, you may overlook its strength, frilly cup and lovely coloration. Like all things Grant Mitsch there is perfection here, but perfection does not exclude gentleness. Pollen and seed fertile. Granddaughter of China White. Don't be shy, we have a good stock of this daffodil.

Canyon Wren belongs to the inscrutable "miscellaneous category". Bright in color and spirit Canyon Wren is a tazetta x triandrus cross that could be mistaken for a jonquil. A Grant Mitsch Bird Series cultivar. Scented. Elegant. Show it with a sign in the window that says "I am not a miniature".

Colonial White, An all white large cup from Grant Mitsch. Limited stock.

Dainty Miss is a siren's song in the garden. An all-white jonquil she goes it alone, only one two-inch perfectly appointed, dainty-cupped flower per stem please. Wanting a chorus of Dainty Miss for your garden is only natural. Compelling. Benchable. Highly mucronate. Miss Dainty is an ADS Classic, Wister Award winner, a mid century spell of Grant Mitsch witchcraft.

I am a bit dubious as to the advisability of classing this as a jonquil hybrid, but its pedigree lends validity to this placement. A most de- lightful little flower that might be compared with Xit, but it is larger and a flower of more rounded form. Grows much more upright than Ocean Spray. The very flat over- lapping perianth, and small saucer shaped crown are glistening white. Hardly eligible for the miniature class, but a beautiful addition to the smaller varieties sometimes designated as intermediates.

Novelty Daffodils, Grant Mitsch, 1971 p.9

The jonquilla Desert Bells makes two or four tidy and flattened white flowers per scape. Cup mellows to a light lemon. A late blooming dwarf that is at ease in the rock garden, in the pot or on the bench. Show winner. By Grant Mitsch.

Our flower grower's collective tallied up the sales figures and white flowers were number one, followed closely by anything green. Emerald Green is a large cup, but just, with very broad white petals and a spot of deep emerald green in the eye. A vigorous grower for cut, bench or border. An extra plus ? It's a Grant Mitsch variety, known for their perfection and health. Volume discounts.

A species jonquil and triandrus made their acquaintance in the garden of Grant Mitsch. Fairy Chimes was born. Floriferous: four to six blooms per scape. Fragrant. Deeper in color than N.hawera and more upright. Plant in the rockery with species tulips and muscari. ADS Classic.

This perfectly formed miniature cyclamineus will raise your heart rate. With a long straight snout and a shape reminiscent of Turk's Cap, Hummingbird is remarkably handsome and consistent. A sister of Grant Mitsch's wildly successful Jetfire. ADS Miniature.

Sure to attract eyeballs on the bench, Lemon Silk cries out to be planted in a pot with squill, muscari and species tulips. An exotic reverse bi-color cyclamineus from Novelty Daffodils. Novel with a classic quiet beauty. Panill award winner

A Grant Mitsch bred Tazetta of great power and distinction. Bountifully floriferous, with sharp mucrons and rich colors. One of the Novelty Bird Series: Motmot is a tropical bird of the family Momotidae. Jonquil cross.

A really terrific cyclamineus for the garden and the bench, I cannot explain why Perky is not more widely adopted. From Grant Mitsch.

There is a perfection about Petrel apparent at first sight : floriferous with a lovely white color, typically seven sharp profiled blooms per scape. One of Grant Mitsch's bird series. If you think triandrus are a bit boring Petrel will crack your prejudice. Once you have it you will be a bird watcher too. Petrel is fabulous in a well-designed garden bed, but unfortunately remains in limited supply.

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Rapture is one of the most successful cyclamineus culitivars ever made, one that retains a lot of the pendant and narrow form of the species. Being a Mitsch seedling it is only natural that it is healthy and completely perennial across many growing conditions.Being a cyclamineus it is more shade tolerant than most daffs. It will anchor your rockery and pathways for a lifetime asking little in return.

Paradigmatic Yellow / Red large cup, Resplendent's cup is deeply colored and short. A tough and strong mid century modern bloom from Grant Mitsch.

An extremely beautiful stem from Grand Mitsch, Ringing Bells is one of the most floriferous triandrus that we can think of. Beautiful white color and late, not a miniature in name but rather in spirit. Don't be shy : think May wedding bouquets.

Grant Mitsch did a lot of cyclamineus breeding, Swift Arrow is an older cross that has nearly oval petals and a rounded cup flare giving it an easy-going form and feeling. Fertile both ways.

Daffodils are cold loving flowers; we shiver a bit when someone gives a daffodil a tropical name. But this is an American bred, beefy golden pink double that can take on any latitude, Cancer or Capricorn. Strong stem and long lasting, you will want that. Fertile. Best for cuts. Quantity pricing.

One of the last cyclamineus seedlings from Grant Mitsch, Vineland is about as reflexed as a cyclamineus cross can be. Smooth and even color overall.

A beautiful bloom named after a hummingbird by Grant Mitsch. Woodstar is a late blooming reverse bi-color triandrus and the fledgling of two feral parents - N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. Triandrus and N.jonquilla. Woodstar seems to