The fertility of species and named daffodils.
This is V00-82-27 = Reckless Abandon x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii (syn. N. t. capax). In other words, this is a well formed, fertile Div. 7W-W times a superb form of N. triandrus capax. Similar in style to ‘Chapel Chimes’ and ‘Chapel Bells’…
This is one of my “end of season” blooms. It’s a seedling from (Quick Step op x Fertile Crescent). It and its siblings always bloom near the end of the season for me–usually the first week in May. It’s not…
The top one of the three is the Mini Gold. This is a miniature that I have won Mini Gold ribbons last year and this year with. The color in the picture isn’t the way it looks. It has a…
Friends, This little tazetta is blooming in the open ground. I grew it in a pot for several years, and it increased enough that I planted it in the garden. The florets are about the same size as N. dubius.…
This is N. x cazorlanus 13Y-Y. It is a naturally occurring intersectional hybrid that the botanists tell us is from N. hedraeanthus crossed with N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus. Has not been seed fertile (intersectional sterility?) for me but the pollen…
Graham Fleming wrote: > Steve/ Brian/ David > We have been making good progress with petal coverage on our standard miniatures. My own view is that is all a matter of what parents you have to use. We have been…