Category: Breeding

Contains information and advice about hybridizing as well as photos of seedlings.

Daffodil Season in Northeast NC

I went to the garden today and found a lot blooming.  However, I found myself interested more in two of my hybrids than all the already named daffodils. The first on is a little cross between Glenbrook Minicycla and N.…

Tricollet form

I think the form of Tricollet is very attractive and have over the years grown seedlings from it. Although it is technically 11a the form is so distinct that I code them as 11t. Daffseek says that Tricollet is bred…

The inheritance of recessive and dominant mutations in daffodil cultivars

This is the title of an article from Peter Brandham in the “Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2017, pages 26-32”. Essential statements in this paper are: Pitfalls often occur, one of the more disappointing being the mysterious disappearance of some…