Month: October 2014

Rest in Peace

Word has reached us that:    Captain John Lipscomb passed away this morning.  He was a long time member of GDS and owner of our favorite place to visit for meadows of daffodils and orderly raised beds of all divisions…

Late Show Doubles .

Quite  a good  range  of  doubles  at  our  C D G  late  show  ,  only  one  that  is  not  a  Kiwi  flower  ,  but  one  I  rate as  perhaps  the  most  reliable  for  the  mid / late  season  shows  .…

Late Season 2014

As  would  be  expected  at  the  seasons  late  show ,  we  had  a   good  display  of  poets  –  div  9  .Here  are  a  few  ,  all  N Z  raised  ,  that  caught  the  eye .     The  Premier…

Hybrids of different narcissus species can be fertile by generating unreduced pollen

In this spring I found many plants of intersectional diploid narcissus hybrids in Spain which were fertile by generating unreduced pollen. This may be of great interest for daffodil hybridizers and plant breeding in general. More information you find on www.theo-sanders-daffodils.de.…