Month: April 2010

WDS Late Show canceled

After consulting with past exhibitors from far and wide, as chairman of the WDS Late Show, I have made the call to cancel the show.   I hope this will not disappoint anyone who had planned to come.  I apologize…

Last of the roses

Hello All,   Just as the last of the daffs appear in the Northern Hemisphere, down here we are seeing the last of the roses,  We managed to pick these last ones for a nice vase.  The observant amongst you…

Pink/Red/Orange again

While this has generated much interesting discussion only Lesley Ramsay actually addressed my point about how to color code these daffs. As she did not send her reply to all of daffnet I am copying it down below to solicit…

The Elusive W-R Trumpet

There were many private discussions amongst the hybridizers at the Murphys convention concerning 1W-R breeding and results. An observation from here is that there is some as yet undefined linkage between corona length and color expression. It seems to me…

Judging Daffodils

This season that has ended for me, including judging.  I had a learning curve adjustment will judging this year.  I had a judge on one of my panels that was trying to explain to me how they judged collections my noting…

red or orange

When I buy a W-R, I look at the breeding, and if it’s bred from pink daffodils, I expect it will be pink-red here.  Otherwise I’d expect it to be orange-red.   The RHS Registration Form gives these guidelines for…