The late Sid DuBose was quite impressed with the positive garden attributes of both ‘Ice Follies’ and its double sport ‘Ice King’. Sid admired the vigor, rate of increase, flowering ability, and the overall bulb health. Let me hasten to…
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Hybridizers, Ice Follies
Hello Everyone, Has anyone out there done any hybridizing with Ice Follies? Though not the best show flower, it has many traits that we need in garden and show flowers. Long lived, great multiplier, reliable bloomer, etc. In Daffseek, most…
The significance of N. viridiflorus – #2
> Hi Donna, > > There are a number of other fall/winter blooming Narcissus species that will yield the same (relative) bloom time in their progeny. Yes, the difference of bloom time is of significance but is not an exclusive…
El Camino x N. viridiflorus
My El Camino x N. viridiflorus which I got from Larry Force flowered for the first time already at November 6, 2011 in the greenhouse. About 10 % of the pollen grains sprout. This is quite a lot for a…
Emerald Sea x N. triandrus pallidulus
This flower has one chromosome set of N. viridiflorus, one of a 3W-GWW standard daffodil and one of N. triandrus pallidulus. I expected a flower with more than one blossom per stem, back swepped perianth segments, and more green, which…
Late, late show
Hello John and Central Daffodil Group member, Congratulations to the Central group for getting a late, late show together. We could have had a good one here too. There are still some lovely blooms around. Cape Horn is particularly good…