Year: 2012

Bill’s seedlings

On a recent trip to visit Bill the Bulb Baron I was very taken with several of his tazetta x N. viridiflorus seedlings. One, Paperwhite by N. viridiflorus opened with a green cup that then faded to white. I found…

Daffodils in Aberdeen, Scotland

Folks, I would like to let you know that I’ve registered a new domain name  www.aberdaffs.info – Daffodils in Aberdeen. All previously published pages are now consolidated under this new domain including the various ‘zoom’ pages where you can take a…

Line Breeding

Animal and plant breeders have known for several centuries just how easy it is to change the shape of biological organisms. In essence the breeder mates like with like and hopes that in the variations of the offspring one can…

In Flower Today

Emerald Sea has proven itself to be a useful parent. Today I am posting two different siblings from the cross of Emerald Sea by N. miniatus. To my mind they look like larger forms of N. miniatus with a greener…

Spring flowering type with similar corona

Harold, This is ‘Clown Alley’ registered in 1995. It is Sid DuBose’s C34-2 x O. P. C34-2 is a sib of ‘Bright Spangles. Named ‘Clown Alley’ as the corona reminds me of the ruffles on a clown’s collar. A spring…