Leslie Tucker made the first picture of N. x xanthochlorus in the wild where I am sure it is this hybrid. He found it in autumn 2013 in Novo Sancti Petri where N. cavanillesii and N. viridiflorus grow together in…
We came up with a list reasons why people should join the ADS. These are ways that individuals personally gain by joining the society. Can you think of any other reasons to add to the list. 1. Get the all-color…
The American Daffodil Society (ADS) faces some very serious problems that we need to address now. Unless we confront these issues today the long term health and continuance of our society will be in jeopardy. If we cannot repair the…
We actually received a third of an inch of rain last week. I hope that is not all the rain for the year. We are in a drought situation in Southern California but the autumn daffs responded and here are…
This is a five years old seedling of N. cavanillesii x Emerald Sea flowering for the first time. After opening the flower is yellow, later the colour changes to white yellow. The plant has two chromosome sets from N. cavanillesii,…
Those interested in hybridizing might be interested in Helen Link’s records which have recently been posted to www.dafflibrary.org. It’s handwritten, water-stained, and sometimes hard to read, but she has included the temperature, time of day, and weather conditions in her…