Wilf Hall Tazettas , early 2014

I  called  on  Wilf  Hall  late  last  week  ;  we had  a  few cold   days  and  I  wondered how  the  tazettas  and  the  grower  were  handling  the  abrupt  arrival  of  winter  .Wilf  was  out  in  the  bulb  patch  ,  surrounded  by  a  mass  of  beautiful  tazettas  ,  all  well  ahead  of  schedule  after  our  record  warm  June  .The  cold  spell  has since  slowed  growth  considerably    but  as  expected  ,  many  tazettas  with  show   potential  were  already  in  bloom  . I  am  currently  flowering  Avalex  ;  one  of  the  best  around  and  so  inquired  of  Wilf  about  it,s  fertility  .

Wilf  Hall  Avalex  seedling

Wilf Hall Avalex seedling

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An  attractive  lemon  perianthed  seedling  told  us  it  was  seed  fertile   –  pollen  fertile  was  uncertain    , Wilf  believed  it  was  but  had  mixed  some  labels  .The  seedling  flowers  were  about  40 – 50  mm  with  a  nicely  proportioned  soft  orange  cup  .

CAMPINO ,an  attractive  Matador  seedling .

CAMPINO ,an attractive Matador seedling .

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CAMPINO  was  registered  in  2013  ;  quite  a good  number  of  flowers  per  head  for  a  Matador  seedling  .It  has  a  very  attractive  flat  style  of  cup  ,  –  just  a  little  different  from  most  tazettas .

Grand  Monarque  seedling  ,  G - 100 - 2

Grand Monarque seedling , G – 100 – 2

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Perhaps  the standout  early  seedling  was  an  all  yellow    —  WT  G – 100 – 2  .This  well  presented  ,  show style  head  had  13 florets  of  an  attractive  soft  yellow  with  a  disc  cup  that  is  just  a  little  more  golden  .Wilf  is  pleased  with  this  one  and  it  will  be  registered  soon  .

Avalanche  seedling A - 21 - 1

Avalanche seedling
A – 21 – 1

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There  was  ,  as  expected  ,  a  host  of  Avalanche  seedlings  in flower  ;   WT  A – 21 – 1  was  a  strong  grower  ,  a  nice  head  and  very  clean  colours  .Wilf  is  continuing  to  give us  a  beautiful  array  of  new  tazettas  but  it  was  very  easy  to  understand  his  frustration  at  their  earliness  .The  show  season  is 5  weeks  from  starting    and  to  breed  tazettas  to  flower  that  late  is obviously  not  an  easy  task  .

2 comments for “Wilf Hall Tazettas , early 2014

  1. John, thanks for sharing these and all the other gorgeous daffs you’ve been posting! It’s very refreshing to see them blooming if only on the computer screen. Campino is very nice!

  2. They are all lovely, I especially like the round form of Campino and the cup shape on the all yellow G -100 – 2 with its smooth edge. Growth has slowed down a lot here, but surprisingly there are some stems fully out on a jonquilla I have named as Max Hamilton jonquilla. I think it must be one that Max selected and passed on to John Hunter who gave it to me. It doesn’t usually flower until early September. Some Little Gem x cyclamineus started flowering about a week earlier than usual. Thanks for the photos John, its always good to see what Wilf has been up to with the tazettas!

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