Month: April 2019

A View of the Northern California Daffodil Society’s 2019 March Season

Our Bay Area 2018/2019 Fall weather was exceptionally mild – seemingly there was not enough chill to provide that needed for cultivars’ development and bloom for shows. Until late-January! The lack of overnight chill gave my viridiflorus-infused seedlings the opportunity…

New seedling

..this is not as intensely coloured as its grandparent but just measures div. 3. Great thanks to everyone sending pictures of your daffodil shows, they are much appreciated!    

Gloucester Daffodil Show

Good morning Peggy Bowditch passed on images and Show results for the Gloucester Daffodil Show. There has been much activity as this is an exciting new venture with this new club. The number of new ADS Members and new Student…

A Nial Watson Seedling W-240 2O-O grown in the PNW

Don Kimlin sent me the bulb to see if the color is better when grown in the PNW.  Is it?  Its got a great deep orange color in the perianth and with a little grooming could be a show flower. …