Category: Breeding

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

Autumn 17#6

There is no obvious boundary between autumn and winter here. It sure feels like winter. There were enough flowers to pick a bunch for a friend’s birthday. The bunch includes the viridiflorus hybrid 10_03MJ and Bill Welch’s Autumn Colors and…

Autumn 17#5

Bulbocodium season has now started. The first of the viridiflorus hybrids has just finished which means it has lasted over 2 weeks.               A couple more viridiflorus hybrids are now flowering. 11_01MJ is probably…

Surprise Blue Ribbon

I was sent a picture today from the Chambersburg, PA Daffodil show (a couple weeks ago) of my seedling #11-35 that I had given up on.  It’s a jonquil (cordubensis) X Golden Bells miniature. It won a Blue Ribbon as…

Autumn 17#4

Hi Christiaan, I am delighted by your seedlings, particularly if they are happy in your impossible conditions. The season progresses here with the first viridiflorus hybrid flowering. Bill Welch’s earliest Autumn Colors  (09_13T) is flowering as are a couple of…

VDS Show Richmond at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Second Page. VDS Show In Richmond Best Intermediate ‘Bonnie’s Jewell’ 2Y-YOO exhibited by Glenna Graves Best Youth Bloom ‘Tripartite’ 11aY-Y exhibited by Ryan Potter Best Small Grower ‘Hawera’ 5Y-Y exhibited by Sharm Francisco Best Historic ‘Snow King’ 9W-YYR exhibited by…