Month: July 2013

Toward fertile 8O-O

Sometimes I think an all orange diploid tazetta (and hence fully fertile) is possible. Other times I’m not so sure. In the past flowers such as these have been identified as as leading in that direction: This one is now…

Fall ADS Event in Tucson, Arizona

Is the Grand Canyon on your Bucket List? The Grand Canyon is only a five-hour scenic drive from Tucson, Arizona and the American Daffodil Society’s Fall Board meeting this coming October 18-20. This years’ event has been planned by Chriss…

Intro and seedling

Hi All I’ve been visiting Daffnet (and Daffseek !) very regularly the past few months. Obviously I learned a lot. Intro first: I have been growing things for an odd 30 years – succulents and cacti mostly, together with the…

Early Phillips Redcups .

The warm , settled weather is continuing in the Waikato , as it is over most of the North Island for the last week .The daffs are moving at a fast pace and after a slow start ,we now have…

Another fine Jonquilla

John Hunter has flowered  many nice seedlings using pollen from his very fertile Emerald Sea.With a very limited pool of fertile jonquillas, a logical cross is with the very fertile Hillstar as a seed parent .Not quite as easy as…