Category: Hybridizing

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

Late Surprise , 2020 .

Very  little  left  to  flower, –  however  a  visit  yesterday  to  my  cutflower   patch  ,  where  most  of  my  seedling  are  ,  brought  an  unusually  ,  very  interesting  surprise . Checking  a  small  line  of  seedlings  from  the  cross  ,…

Additional Offerings at PHS Daffodils

Greetings! At long last, 38 additional daffodil cultivars from our harvest surplus are now available at www.phsdaffodils.com, including ”Ambergris Caye’, ‘Biosphere’, ‘Moon Moth’, ‘Mrs. Alfred Pearson’, ‘La Salle’, and ‘Spring Coronation’.   Additionally, we have restocked 19 previously sold out gems such…

An invitation for all to register for the American Daffodil Society Virtual Fall Forum 2020

I am cordially inviting all DaffNet participants to register for our upcoming virtual symposium, Visionary Venture. Registration is OPEN and is $25 for ADS members registering before 31 AUG and $35 beginning 1 SEP.  Non ADS members registration fee is…

Digging and Smilers

Great relief – digging complete but some bulbs still sun drying before being put in wire bottom trays, labelled and housed. Incidentally, the wooden trays date back to the 1930’s having been made for Guy l. Wilson, bought at auction…

PHS Daffodils’s 2020 Sale

At long, long last, the 2020 PHS Daffodils web shop is open!  We thank each of you for your emails, eagerness, and patience—and as importantly, for your overwhelming interest in our specialty product and business, now in its 17th year. …