Month: June 2018

Crosses of tetraploid standard daffodils with N. bulbocodium graellsii are possible

   For many years hybridizers have tried to combine N. bulbocodium with standard daffodils. The success was minimal. Now a solution of the problem has been found: N. bulbocodium graellsii can be routinely interbred with standard daffodils. If it is…

‘Liffey Falls’ 5 Y-Y

Please can you help? The cultivar ‘Liffey Falls’ (bred by Geoff Temple-Smith, Australia) was registered in 2003 as 5 Y-Y. The image provided at registration shows yellow in the flowers as does the image on Daffseek. However, it has recently…

In Memoriam

ADS member in Nashville, Susan Basham, has communicated that Dick Frank died yesterday afternoon. Arrangements have not yet been formalized. I am SO very glad that Sandra and Dick came to the show at the recent convention and that I…