3 comments for “Some new seedlings of this spring”
What a lovely selection Theo. I have a number of very nice Triple Crown x N. assoanus seedlings but the stems are annoyingly long for the size of the flowers. I think the plant should be proportionate to the size of the flower.
I missed your Sidley x N. assoanus picture – is it shorter and what colour the perianth?
Brian
Brian,
To answer your question I went with a ruler to my large daffodil field and measured the following data:
Triple Crown x N. assoanus (4 seedlings): Stem length 32 – 43 cm, flower diameter 40 – 55 mm
Ken’s Favorite x N. assoanus ( 3 seedlings): Stem length 27 – 39 cm, flower diameter 50 – 60 mm
TS 108 x N. assoanus (1 seedling): Stem length 34 cm, flower diameter 50 mm
Sidley x N. assoanus (7 seedlings): Stem length 15 – 36 cm, flower diameter 35 – 55 mm
Foundling x N. assoanus (2 seedlings): Stem length 26 – 34 cm
The seedling ‘Sidley x N. assoanus’ of my contribution from April 21/2020 is pure white with a stem length of 26 cm and a flower diameter of 45 mm.
It is quite clear, that seedlings of little standard daffodils like for example Sidley, Foundling and Bantam crossed with N. assoanus can have flowers with a short stem. Some seedlings of Bantam I lost and the seedlings of Foundling seem to be not very vigorous.
Theo
Theo,
Many thanks. I think we need to use short forms of N. assoanus as well as the short stemmed Intermediate daffodils if we are to get the plants into appropriate proportion
to the size of the flowers. I have been using N. rupicola with this in mind. Also, it would be nice to find a short stemmed N. poeticus – which seems to have a dominant ‘lomg-stem’ gene
whatever it is crossed with.
I’m surprised your ‘Foundling’ seedlings are not vigorous – must be the N. assoanus influence.
What a lovely selection Theo. I have a number of very nice Triple Crown x N. assoanus seedlings but the stems are annoyingly long for the size of the flowers. I think the plant should be proportionate to the size of the flower.
I missed your Sidley x N. assoanus picture – is it shorter and what colour the perianth?
Brian
Brian,
To answer your question I went with a ruler to my large daffodil field and measured the following data:
Triple Crown x N. assoanus (4 seedlings): Stem length 32 – 43 cm, flower diameter 40 – 55 mm
Ken’s Favorite x N. assoanus ( 3 seedlings): Stem length 27 – 39 cm, flower diameter 50 – 60 mm
TS 108 x N. assoanus (1 seedling): Stem length 34 cm, flower diameter 50 mm
Sidley x N. assoanus (7 seedlings): Stem length 15 – 36 cm, flower diameter 35 – 55 mm
Foundling x N. assoanus (2 seedlings): Stem length 26 – 34 cm
The seedling ‘Sidley x N. assoanus’ of my contribution from April 21/2020 is pure white with a stem length of 26 cm and a flower diameter of 45 mm.
It is quite clear, that seedlings of little standard daffodils like for example Sidley, Foundling and Bantam crossed with N. assoanus can have flowers with a short stem. Some seedlings of Bantam I lost and the seedlings of Foundling seem to be not very vigorous.
Theo
Theo,
Many thanks. I think we need to use short forms of N. assoanus as well as the short stemmed Intermediate daffodils if we are to get the plants into appropriate proportion
to the size of the flowers. I have been using N. rupicola with this in mind. Also, it would be nice to find a short stemmed N. poeticus – which seems to have a dominant ‘lomg-stem’ gene
whatever it is crossed with.
I’m surprised your ‘Foundling’ seedlings are not vigorous – must be the N. assoanus influence.
Brian