Today I crossed these two plants to get nice seedlings. Some of these shall produce unreduced pollen which can be of great interest for combining them with tetraploid standard daffodils. A project for about 12 years which will be successful when the crosses develop seeds. Theo
Daffodils are named after this is a photo of Ben Ledi
The hybridizing records of J. M. deNavarro, of England, from 1944 to 1972 have been added to www.dafflibrary.org. They are copies of handwritten lists of crosses made so cannot be searched. You’ll find them under Science/Hybridizing and under People/deNavarro.
While researching Williamsburg, I ran across this festival on the Outer Banks which might be of interest to daffy folks: http://www.outerbanks.org/outerbanks-event/?eid=2881 Jaydee
From our dear friend Jackie Turbidy Dear Family and Friends, It breaks my heart to tell you that our beloved John died Monday the twelfth, at home on St. Simons Island, Georgia, after a lengthy battle with cancer. A memorial…
Crosses of viridiflorus hybrids like Emerald Sea with the diploid N. cantabricus from Spain near Puertollano are easy to realize and grow well in my greenhouse. The bulbs multiplicate better than crosses of N. triandrus pallidulus with Emerald Sea. The progeny…