If you go out into the fields or flower beds after dark you will sometimes see hundreds of not thousands of moths working over the blooms on the daffodils. During a mild spring night with warmer weather, clear night sky…
Month: July 2017
Chinese Sacred Lily
I have known about the Chinese Sacred Lily for some time. I am giving a prestigious lecture on bulbs and have delved into literature and art for the talk, deciding as part of the talk to use the daffodil as…
Open Pollination
My first steps as a hybridizer were to cross standard daffodils. I read in the literature that it is not necessary to prevent open pollination because only 1 to 1,5 % of the flowers generate seed without pollination of…
Daffodils in Iceland
My sister (Karen Spotts) and I visited Iceland for two weeks in early June. Iceland is quite interesting – with countless beautiful waterfalls and captivating rugged territory. There are more sheep and goats than I would want to count –…