Author: Bob Huesmann

parent/child class

Like Donna Dietsch, I have always kept a record of parentage on the 3×5 cards that I use for each cultivar, and I also include it on my spreadsheets where cultivars are displayed by show class. It is not hard…

Kokopelli in shows

My wife Lina and I would never hesitate to put a well-grown Kokopelli in a collection of standards. It is a lovely flower and, properly placed, provides variation in size, shape and collective texture to enhance the beauty of the…

Tete a Tete

I may be mistaken, but I always thought that a well-grown Tete a Tete should have two or more florets. Isn’t that why it’s a Div 12 and not a Div 2? ( That’s probably also the reason it was…

Miniature Quinn

One of the most positive trends in the daffodil world (my own opinion) is the rapidly growing number of miniature cultivars being developed, both here and downunder. More gradually, of course, but very significant is the number being registered and…