Start them young I say. Got my granddaughter interested in hybridizing at 3. Now that she’s 4 she is inspecting her seedlings and helping with pollenating again this season. Has a youth ever won a Carey E. Quinn Award? …
The future of the ADS
Category: Hybridizing
Discussion by daffodil hybridzers around the world, about daffodil fertility and breeding programs accompanied with many photos of seedlings.
WDS Show 9-10 April 2022
I’ve decided to continue the show on a new page. The Red, White and Blue – American Bred award collection of 5 stems with names of hybridizer was exhibited by Karen Cogar Williamsburg 2W-W Pannill; Windy City 1W-Y Reed; River…
WDS Show 9-10 April
I’m not the official spokesman for WDS however I was there for the judging yesterday and have some pictures and some winners. It was the first show in three years and it was great to be able to see many…
2022 Livermore Daffodil Show, March 5-6
The 2022 NCDS Daffodil Show at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore (Saturday, March 5, and Sunday, March 6) was an unqualified success. Jacquie Williams-Courtright (Alden Lane Nursery owner) assured a flow of visitors with plentiful advertising of the event. The…
Farewell Theo Sanders
We recently heard from Theo Sander’s daughter Anja Sanders, that Theo died on December 26, 2021. Anja wanted to let us know because Theo was part of our botanical team taking part in…
Search for war/military-related plants
Hello everyone, I was hoping to get some advice for an obscure art research project I am working on: an installation titled “Battlefield” which is comprised of cultivated plants whose names reference military events, personnel and weaponry (both directly and…