Category: Winter Blooming Daffodils

Autumn Colors in the dark

My dad noticed some Autumn Colors blooming when he got home from work last night. Took a picture with the flash on his phone. I cropped and thought it turned out kind of neat. –Jolene (photo from California) Fullsizerender Sent…

Narcissus cantabricus crosses

   These two miniature daffodils are flowering in the greenhouse. The seedlings of both crosses often generate unreduced pollen. I shall try the first one out of doors this year but am not very optimistic that it will do well.…

First Narcissus for 2017

My first Narcissus is blooming for 2017 after my Autumn bloomers have finished. This is Narcissus cantabricus var. foliosus: My next species will be Narcissus psuedonarcissus. I believe I have successfully crossed Cantabricus with tazetta inbal because seed pods are…

The Colors of Green Daffodils.

One of the things we have learned after several generations of daffodil breeding with N. viridiflorus in the background is that there can be many shades and colors of green – ranging from yellow-greens to blue-greens and even grey-greens. The…

Blizzard of 2017

I’ve lived on the east coast of the United States for the majority of my live all the way from the Boston area to Georgia.  This storm that hit us on Saturday, January 7, 2017 was the first time in…