The bulbocodium group are ideal for beginning hybridizers as some of the members of this group will mature to flowering in a very short time. Below is a pot of N. romieuxii x sibs that was planted in July of…
Flowers two years from seed.
Month: January 2013
Noted change in Daffseek concerning fertility
While checking out some cultivars in Daffseek, I noted a change in showing whether a cultivar is fertile or not fertile. Instead, it shows times used as pod parent and pollen parent. Pull up descendants, and you have the option of…
The New Daffodil Journal?
Some of you will have noticed changes in The Daffodil Journal. Those of you who have not seen it yet, page through the December 2012 issue, when it arrives. There is not only more color but it is scattered throughout…
2013 Daffodil Shows
I’m trying to plan my spring vacations and trying to hit 2013 daffodil shows. When do the 2013 shows get published?
What are the key criteria for deciding if a new bloom is worth registering?
I’m new to breeding and thinking way ahead. I hope to be introducing new flowers over the next 30 years. What criteria is used to determine which flowers are worth registering?
Numbered Seedlings
Most breeders have some sort of system to identify new seedings. i.e. 95-12-1 or something similar. Being new to breeding I wondered if there is some consistent convention or does each breeder come up with their own system? I hope…