Jaydee received a multi-part query from a not-yet-member. Since part of it involved the Daffodil Journal, she handed the whole thing off to me. This individual, who lives in an apartment in New York, asked “Can there be a perfect…
Day: March 4, 2013
Miniature 1Y-Y
This is the overall best Miniature yellow trumpet from Xana x Candlepower. Lots and lots of Miniatures in bloom outside. Steve
Are you ready for Div. 12?
First-generation seedlings from viridiflorus pollen are starry. Here’s a five-stem collection of viridiflorus seedlings I put in the show – and the public really liked them! The two yellow seedlings are first-generation progeny from Manuel Lima. The other three are…
Jonquil Seedlings from viridiflorus
Unlike John Hunter in New Zealand, I have not made crosses onto jonquils using viridiflorus pollen. In some of my crosses, however, the multi-floret character of viridiflorus has emerged in the progeny. The result – jonquil seedlings. Here are some…
Color in Miniatures
Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe outdid themselves with their seedlings exhibited at the Livermore Show this past weekend. Harold is deservedly famous for innovation and advances in form with his miniature seedlings – eg, ‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’ and marvelous seedlings…
Two of my viridiflorus seedlings
Recently I posted an hasty photo of some viridiflorus seedlings I picked for the Livermore Daffodil Show on March 2-3. Because this first show is scheduled during early season and my blooms this year have been delayed due to a…