Month: March 2013

11aY-P ‘Jayne Mansfield’

This is an excellent yellow pink split corona hybridized by Dr. John Reed. The aptly named, ‘Jayne Mansfield’ is a large, unusually smooth, well formed flower with a refined, subtle Y-P color. I expect this will do well on the…

Need Help with a Historic

‘Minor Monarque’ sold by  Old House Gardens  gives the date as 1809. Can it be shown as a Historic, as Daffseek says “pre 1998” (it’s not registered w/RHS).  I can’t find it at all in the Show and Grow. Can it be entered as a…

Standard 1Y-O – Very Early

This is a very early 1Y-O, Season 1, Standard seedling selection. It is V06-32-17 = [(Pumpkin Ridge x Misquote) x (Tuscarora x Glen Clova)]. It has Glen Clova on both sides of its parentage. It has won the Oregon Daffodil Society…

Kirkham Show , Lancashire. UK

Dear All,               Today I judged my first show of the season at Kirkham, Lancashire just North of Preston and not far from Blackpool on the North West Coast, The Cold weather of the…