Category: Standards

Discussions and photographs about standard height daffodils.

2015 Show Winners now on DaffTube

Wondering what you were going to do now that daffodils are not much in season?  The collection of photos of 2015 ADS award winning exhibits is now available on DaffTube. Go to DaffTube.org, click on the Shows menu and scroll…

Daffodil ‘Mary Baldwin’

I’ve had a question, through DaffLibrary, from someone who is looking for bulbs of ‘Mary Baldwin’.  It’s a 3W-W from Bill Pannill.  I couldn’t find it in any catalog since it was in the Oregon Trail catalog in 2001.  Does…

Rongotea , a few more blooms . 2015

A  few  other  blooms  of  interest  from  Rongotea  . Reg  Cull  is  our  local  ” Historics ”  expert  ,  – –  he  has  a  good  collection  and frequently  shows  varieties  that  are  new  to  most  of  us . I  had …

Diamond and gold dust

A few years ago John Hunter posted on Daffnet some comments about gold and silver dusted perianths. https://daffnet.org/gold-and-silver-dusted-perianths/ He referred to a short article in The Daffodil Journal Vol. 48 #4, June 2012 p.308 about what causes diamond dusting, which…

Some blooms this season

Season just about finished, a few poets and late Irish flowers opening.The following pics are what caught my eye in my patch this year.The small white-orange double is just about miniature with terrific form.The 1 Y-Y, I am not 100%…

North Island National Daffodil Show

Hi All, I was hoping that someone who took better photographs than me would report on the North Island National Show. The show this year was held in the Taranaki township of Waitara and congratulations must be accorded to Catherine…