Category: Breeding

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

5W-W Unknown

Hi, I found this in bloom in my seedling beds.  It’s a first time bloom.  I have been using an NTT ( N. triandrus Triandrus), and its Cousin another NTT that is white that was sold to me as NTT…

Oregon Daffodil Society Show, Albany, Oregon 2017 Miniature Winners

Best 3 Stems of a single Miniature (Miniature White Ribbon) V06-15-9 = [(Snook x Tanagra) x Riundita] x N. cordubensis. Hybridized and Exhibited by Steve Vinisky Miniature Red, White, and Blue (American Bred) and Best 5 Stems of Miniatures (Lavender Ribbon)…

Oregon Daffodil Society Show Results, Albany Oregon

Winning flowers from the first Oregon Daffodil Show of 2017. Best in Show (Gold Ribbon) – ‘Southern Hospitality’ 4Y-R – Hybridized and Exhibited by Elise Havens Best Vase of 3 Stems (White Ribbon) – ‘Six Shooter’ 6Y-R hybridized by Bob…

Barco, NC Daffodil Show

Hi, We had our Barco, NC Daffodil Show yesterday sponsored by the Northeast NC Daffodil Society. To me a daffodil show is more than a list of pictures that won what.  However in this age of social media, pictures are…

Evaluation of Seedlings

A question to hybridizers.  How do you evaluate your seedlings on a year when they have summer weather in February followed in March by three weeks of extreme cold and storms with 35-40 mph winds whipping them.  My daffodils  that…

First florets

My daffodil season began this morning with 3 daffodils flowering. Sometimes tazettas flower here in February. This year they are relatively late, presumably because we have had a long warm summer without strong temperature or moisture signals to initiate the…