Month: February 2013

Scruffy Miniature 1W-P

This is a pinky, tangeriney, biscuity, trying to be pink, Miniature Trumpet. It is: V07-13-6 = {(Rosy Posy x Camborne) x [(Xana x Candlepower) x DuBose 2W-P Intermediate)}. It obviously has ratty form and thin substance. Nice rolled trumpet I suppose.…

Miniatures in bloom near Nashville, TN

Shebeen 6Y-Y miniature

Here are some miniatures blooming last weekend in the garden–one named cultivar from Glenbrook Bulb Farm (Rod Barwick, Tasmania, Australia) ‘Shebeen’ and several nice seedlings from Leone Low (Ohio, US).  Sorry about the interesting formatting.  I uploaded the photos first…

Some seedlings

6Y-Y seedling

First couple of flowers from a cross done 3years ago.  The seed parent is a 1W-W miniature from ‘small talk’ op x ‘Elka’  and the pollen parent is n cyclamineus.  The two flowers are quite different; the first one opens W-Y…

Bulbocodium – Wider Petals

This is a bulbocodium hybrid from the late Ed Zinkowski. ZN03-20-14 is my Selection from Ed’s cross of N. obesus x N. b. praecox. It has much wider petals than most along with a consistent show form. My idea is that…

Join us at Filoli this weekend!

For those of you who will be in Northern California this weekend, consider joining us at Filoli in Woodside for their 2013 Opening Celebration – Daffodil Daydreams. On Saturday morning, Bob Spotts and I will give a presentation “What’s in…

Forcing daffodils for a July wedding

I am posting a request we received on the ADS Facebook page. I found some previous responses here on daffnet.org when I searched for “Timing pots of bulbs for bloom” (with the quotes), but with the increased use of forced…