Much too late replanting of Mini. seedlings in polystyrene fish box. A change from potting and it allows for gentle placement when the bulbs have already developed a little fringe of root shoots. It seems to work well with rows…
Something more related to daffodils. I have been planting my daffodils lately, starting right after Thanksgiving as November have been colder than normal where I live in NC. I had to plant in a plaid shirt and jacket with gardener…
A rare occasion – 17th March 2011- St Patricks Day – maybe the luck of the Irish or a special Spanish gift on the day. Sometimes we are lucky and find them together. N. bulbocodium; N. triandrus; and their variable…
by Clay E. Higgins • • Comments Off on Master Gardener of the Year 2016 Currituck Co, NC
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Hi All, The Currituck Co, NC master gardeners sponsor our Barco, NC Daffodil Society; without them we would not have a show. Fran and I joined the master gardeners about 4 years ago. For the last three years the President…
by Theo Sanders • • Comments Off on Different seedlings of N. x xanthochlorus (N. cavanillesii x N. viridiflorus) are flowering
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The seedlings of N. x xanthochlorus should be fertile because they are allotetraploid. But some generate no viable pollen. Successful crosses with Maria Pia as the pollen parent were made. Theo