Category: Standards

Discussions and photographs about standard height daffodils.

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…

Unknown Walmart daffodil

I bought a large number of clearance daffodils from local WalMart stores late last fall that were labeled ‘Jetfire’ and ‘Thalia’. I gave some bags away, planted some, and kept some refrigerated and a few weeks ago potted them up.…

Tazettas by Bill Welch

I wanted to share the many wonderful tazettas supplied by Bill Welch in California, like him my favorite division is 8 and the division I mostly hybridize in. I have many unusual crosses in the works but only time will…

Brook’s Bears; 8Y-O

Thank you Bob Spotts! It blooms with abandonment for me. Bob always said the cup color reminded him of my daughter, Brooke’s hair color. She came with me for an ADS Fall Board Meeting in Minneapolis for her 6th birthday.…