Daffodil Types, Historics, Hybridizing, Judging, Seeds, Shows

Who is White Lady?

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One of the reasons to have an Historic section in the daffodil show is so that folks can bring blooms that have been grown by our parents or grand parents and then compare them to what other daffodil collectors are growing and hopefully have some names for these!
 
There are ALWAYS daffodils scattered through out any part of any show that are also misnamed and there are dozens of reasons WHY they are misnamed!
 
It is extremely important for folks to give their rows of daffodils enough room so that between digging years the bulbs do not get mixed up with the next cultivar!
 
It is EXTREMELY important that when you dig one daffodil bed that you get EVERY bulb OUT of that bed if you just turn around and replant it with more bulbs or the same bulbs spread out the following season! Tee tiny bulblets of a hardy variety can and will come back and begin to bloom and increase in numbers and can “replace” a not so hardy variety that might rot out and disappear between digging years!
 
Some varieties open pollinate and cast seeds EVERYWHERE and you end up with off spring that look somewhat similar to the seed parents but might be over a row or two from where their parents were planted ten years ago!
 
There are ONLY a couple of varieties similar to White Lady that are left still in cultivation that would be blooming at the same time as White Lady. You cannot be sure about bloom time or true form for any of these varieties UNLESS you get some bulbs from ALL the folks who are growing White Lady and then grow them ALL in the same bed at the same farm for a couple of years to be SURE you have something different!
 
OK now let us spin forward in time say 80 years and think about how judges and folks showing daffodil blooms in shows in the year 2092 are going to be able to tell the difference between all of the 80,976 beautiful 2 W-P’s that have by that year now been registered and the 158,732 wonderful 2 Y-O that have been registered by this year:-)))
 
(In the future I see daffodil registrations coming in numbers similar to Day Lilies and Iris:-))
 
How and who are we going to entrust with saving a “full collection” of the various daffodil breeders most important accomplishments???? We tend to not even be able to “save” the relatively “small” collections of well know exhibitors when they get in poor health or pass away. Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas  WOW a hard frost at 34*F this morning or 2*C!
 
 

2 comments for “Who is White Lady?”

  1. 

    Keith always gives the best advice.  Last summer I dug a bed of vinca, which had daffodils planted under, and I thought I’d gotten all the bulbs out.  The bed was rototilled, soil amended, etc., and this spring there are bulbs blooming there that I thought I’d lost in that bed.  So now I have to either dig each of the rogues, or treat them with Round-Up, making sure to keep the Round-Up off the “wanted” bulbs.  Niether option sounds like fun.
    Mary Lou
    It is EXTREMELY important that when you dig one daffodil bed that you get EVERY bulb OUT of that bed if you just turn around and replant it with more bulbs or the same bulbs spread out the following season! Tee tiny bulblets of a hardy variety can and will come back and begin to bloom and increase in numbers and can “replace” a not so hardy variety that might rot out and disappear between digging years!
     

  2. Keith always gives the best advice.  Last summer I dug a bed of vinca, which had daffodils planted under, and I thought I’d gotten all the bulbs out.  The bed was rototilled, soil amended, etc., and this spring there are bulbs blooming there that I thought I’d lost in that bed.  So now I have to either dig each of the rogues, or treat them with Round-Up, making sure to keep the Round-Up off the “wanted” bulbs.  Niether option sounds like fun.
    Mary Lou
    It is EXTREMELY important that when you dig one daffodil bed that you get EVERY bulb OUT of that bed if you just turn around and replant it with more bulbs or the same bulbs spread out the following season! Tee tiny bulblets of a hardy variety can and will come back and begin to bloom and increase in numbers and can “replace” a not so hardy variety that might rot out and disappear between digging years!
     

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