Month: April 2013

Two daffs from the garden

               Here are two late flowers in bloom in middle Tennessee. The first one is ‘Strawberry Pie’, a John Reed 1997 2 W-R cultivar. I accidentally snapped its head off the stem. Since there was no photograph of it on…

In Bloom Today – 6 Photos

This is a group of 6 seedling photos from today. Five Standards and one Miniature. The Miniature was raised by Sid DuBose. First is a 4W-P. V93-137-6 is from Gresham x Night Music. Most always has a stigma and gives…

W-O Cyclamineus, better color

Same flowers as earlier today (Woodthrush x Iroquois), but photgraphed under natural light outside (if not a little grainy as it was getting dark). Better color, clearly. Substance and texture look almost creped; this is from yesterday’s rain and our…

More seedlings

Daffnet, Here are some selected splits and a large cup, also from crosses made in 2002, involving things like Shrike, Printal, Lorikeet, Widgeon, and Gin and Lime.  Clearly, they are all novelty garden flowers, not for exhibition.  They have been…

Canberra Report 9 April

Hi All, Autumn daffodils are now well under way. A couple of days ago:               Today:               My favorites for the moment are:          …