Discussion by daffodil hybridzers around the world, about daffodil fertility and breeding programs accompanied with many photos of seedlings.
I was asked to share the photos I took at the Fall Board Meeting just over in Newport, Rhode Island. Thanks to the organizers, Dianne Mrak, Mary Malavase and Dianne Bowditch (I hope I didn’t miss anyone) and to those…
Lapiedra martinezii and Vagaria parviflora are two species closely related to Narcissus, though not as closely as those in Sternbergia. As the former two are blooming now for me, I collected their pollen and attempted pollinating them with Narcissus pollen…
I thought I might add a couple more early trumpets bred with pollen from Australian breeders we have since lost. Photos taken Tuesday. We are at the very beginning of the season so these are definitely early 5/22 (Cameo Rose…
Anything that flowers in August in Canberra counts as early, possibly more so this year.This is possibly my best early orange trumpet. 16_11 {(Lemon Sails x Lutana) x [(Redlands Too x Impeccable) x Silcock 1Y-O)]} The Silcock flower is…
We had a number of different trumpets at our early show and an interesting discussion started when we moved a few vases to the correct class before judging started .The vase was of WHITFORD SUNSET , staged by David L …
A few years ago, before COVID-19, I had a collection of five miniature not judged. When I asked the Captain of the team why was it not judged and I was told that the ‘Yellow Minnow’ 8Y-Y in my collection…