Month: January 2018

Double Autumn Colors seedling

A few of these, pretty much identical to each other, have shown up over the years in the seed-grown Autumn Colors. They generally have stigmas and set seed. And have fairly abundant fertile pollen as well. Not bred from Constantinople…

Southern Living article

The February issue of Southern Living has a colorful, several-page article about the Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show.  The author engaged in the whole show process and interviewed many ADS members, some of whom you’ll see quoted in the…

Autumn Colors x Constantinople

Here on the immediate coast, and hence lacking a truly hot summer baking, Constantinople tends to not be as fully double as it should be, having the doubling generally confined to the region of the corona, while this new seedling,…

Tricollet form

I think the form of Tricollet is very attractive and have over the years grown seedlings from it. Although it is technically 11a the form is so distinct that I code them as 11t. Daffseek says that Tricollet is bred…

This board is so boring.

This board is boring. Honestly — it’s true. That leaves me no choice but to SHAKE YOU AWAKE…  with SEEDLINGS! These are just a few of the delights in my garden. They are being propagated, don’t worry. But for now,…

Daffnet forum usage and behavior

Daffnet was originally created as a mailing list in 1996.  Today Daffnet is a web forum followed by thousands of people world wide.  Most people are silent and just read our web site like they view many others, but over…