Many years ago when Wendy started growing daffodils I remember reading several articles which suggested that when making a cross between two cultivars, the choice of which to use as the seed parent and which as the pollen parent was…
Author: James Akers, England
A travelog in Galicia
Jan and Lynne Dalton are currently in Spain and will be there for several months looking for wild daffodils. They are contributing a a travelog to the UK Daffodil Society and Northern Group sites. To access the Northern group site…
Bereavment notice from the UK
We are sad to report the death yesterday evening of Jim Pearce who was in his late 80s. Jim Pearce ‘rescued’ the Daffodil Society sixty years ago when he took over as secretary, when it had little money and a…
Analysis of winning cultivars in the UK
An analysis of all cultivars which won a prize at the five major shows in the UK has been added to the Northern Group website. The link is http://daffodils.thenortherngroup.co.uk/?p=1190 James Akers
A teaser
As it is all quiet on Daffnet, how about a little quiz. Attached are three pictures of the same location. The title could be “It all started here”. But Where? By Whom? And When? Just…
Northern Group Late Late show
Tony James posted a photograph of ‘Inverpolly’, Best Bloom in show. I have posted a few more flowers, but a lot more people, to the website. Link below http://daffodils.thenortherngroup.co.uk/?p=1104 James Akers