Category: Hybridizing

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

double

Hi Daffnetters,   An early flowering double seedling that I,m very pleased with.   Photos for daffseek.   Early Orbit was a 1993 sdlg , building up nicely, getting a very good market response and from all who grow it.…

pinetorum

Hi All, I’ve received some favorable responses and some questions about 07/14D (I use D to denote diploid, sometimes triploid, narcissus or pseudonarcissus types). Its diameter is 55mm which is well over the one and a half inches guideline for…

winter

Hi All, I’ve been out of touch for ages. Am looking forward to coming to the US in autumn. Downunder we have had a very dry autumn so the bulbocodiums are later than usual. But the winter has been very…

Flowering in Canberra today – Part 5

Hi It is always exciting to see our seedlings flower and it is especially exciting when the first flowers from a year of seed appear. This year we are seeing our flowers from seed planted out in 2005. It should…

Flowering in Canberra today – Part 4

Hi This seedling is part of our program to breed standards from our miniature cyclamineus hybrids. We have way to go with petal width but we are there is terms of flatness of petal and texture and substance in the…