The first photo is from seed sent by my friend, the late Delia Bankhead. It is from Mary Lou Gripshover’s [(Northam x O. P.) x O. P.] This is one of my seedlings and one…
In Bloom over the Past Week
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Early Intermediate Orange Trumpet Daffodil
Unusually early and perfectly Intermediate in scale. This has flowers at 64mm (about 2 1/2″) in diameter and 9″ tall. The flowers are smooth and well balanced. Nice orange trumpet for such an early flower.
Very Early Pinkish Intermediate
From a “failed” Miniature cross. A very petite Intermediate at 54mm in diameter. Not very pink, narrower than the seed parent, and average substance. The biggest virtue is that it is the first “pink” to flower here and its almost…
Outside Today – Miniature Beds & Nice Mini Trumpet
This is Miniatures Bed #6 outside today. Two different views. Everything in this bed is a seedling of mine. The Miniature trumpet is from a cross of Dr. Leone Low’s superb ‘Roundita’ x a Miniature Seedling of mine. This flower…
Miniature White N. cyclamineus Type Hybrid
I consider this to be an “advanced” Miniature cross that is five generations away from the species. It becomes pristine white at maturity, The seed parent of this flower is the yellow N. cyclamineus hybrid (V94-205-9). …
Very Early Miniature White
Not the greatest form but one of the first Miniature whites to bloom outside. About the height and shape of N. asturiensis but white. It opens yellowish but goes completely white. Height about 3″. In bloom today. The photo below…