Daffnet is very quiet. Gold Step (Alfriston x bulbocodium) has not started yet but some of its progeny have. Seeds first collected from it in 2006 can now be judged to have been self pollinated because they are markedly different…
The first of the heavy frosts have hit. Fortunately I picked a few tazettas before hand – this is good as they are ever likely to be at this time of year in this climate. The hybrids between Emerald Sea…
Winter, so far, has been extremely mild with green leaves still on the oaks and roses trying to flower. The paperwhites are still respectable. This is probably a paperwhite dubius hybrid. This is a nice specimen of N. panizzianus OP…
New Penny is a highly regarded 3Y-Y that seems certain to establish itself into daffodil pedigrees. 02/268 = New Penny x Badbury Rings 10/247 = 02/268 x (Citronita x Nynja)? 11_259 = 02_268 x (Dateline x Banker) There are no…
Finally all the seedlings have been planted. A few interesting things flowered over the Autumn. Definite 8O-O’s are emerging from the elegans hybrids and good form and clean whites are emerging from elegans x Soleil D’Or (First Stanza). Right…