If you cross standard daffodils with tazettas you get sometimes flowers like the monsters in the pictures. The first three plants died during a severe frost period; the last two flowered in 2019 for the first time. Theo
Monsters
Category: Seedling
Photographs and discussions about seedlings.
Narcissus deficiens (miniatus)
My first N.deficiens flowering after just 3 short years from seed. This is my first Narcissus ever to bloom from seed.
Winter bulbocodiums
Tazettas and the jonquil/viridiflorus hybrids like protection, so for me winter is bulbocodium season. This one may have an intersectional bulbocodium hybrid as a pollen parent. This one is Gold Step x Viriquilla The first of this type of hybrid,…
Storage humidity of Onions
In Texas, Onions are the #1 farm commodity sold as far as total gross $ sales. Onions require ideal growing conditions as far as soil moisture, soil quality and soil nutrition very similar to what daffodils need. Onions require full…
Rebloom in a paperwhite
A question put on Daffnet from Benjamin Whitacre about repeat flowering daffodils led to an interesting private correspondence. I have tried here to organise and add to my thoughts and observations from that exchange. It is not uncommon for daffodils…
Storing/shipping Daffodil Blooms Minneapolis 2019
For those of you who missed a really great ADS convention! There was a really good discussion of using refrigeration for storing cut daffodil blooms for up to three weeks. Cold and humidity was discussed. For our Master Gardener group…