Category: Hybridizing

Discussion by daffodil hybridzers around the world, about daffodil fertility and breeding programs accompanied with many photos of seedlings.

Daffodil flag taken down for the year.

I watched the last daffodils melt in the heat this weekend.  Three poets a div 3 and a division 7 were the last open this season.  Seed set was terrible for the early crosses with only two successful in Oakdale…

1st year blooms

This was a banner year for 1st year blooms.  From 2013 up to 2018 seedlings bloomed for the 1st time.  I selected maybe 25 and will post the best.  The photos show the 2010 grand parents.  They produced many unremarkable…

Theo Sanders’ Seedling

This fertile jonquilla hybrid with the name ‘Theo Sanders’ Seedling’ has been sold for some years by Bramcote bulbs. Because of the cold spring here in Germany it still flowers today.

Identification help with an old poet

This poet was found in a 1930s estate garden. It’s of good size (75mm, much larger than Ornatus) but the corona is proportionally smaller than what Actaea produces here in Atlanta. It is either a Late Midseason or Late season…