Category: Growing Daffodils

winter tazettas

Thanks John for the photos and reports. Wilf was very proud of Avalex and justifiably so. Canberra winters are not kind to tazettas. All considered my Gramon series do pretty well with some protection. Gramoneed. Gramonora. This year one stem…

Daffodil Questions

I was recently asked by Email 5 questions about planting from an ADS member.  I’m posting the questions and my answers below.  It’s hard to answer these questions directly, therefore, I had to sort of explain my method as well…

Daff Net

In 1995 when I first joined Daffnet there was only about 15 people on daffnet, and a lot of posting about daffodils.  Now there are hundreds, maybe more, and no one is posting on daffnet. Back then we had Historics,…

Hot April

I kept wondering why my daffodil show season was cut so short this year, now I know.  The local weather man was recapping this year’s weather and stated that since April’s two days of over 90’F’ degree weather, our first…

N. jonquilla Crosses

I have made a lot of N. jonquil crosses over the years and kept the crosses hoping beyond hope that one of them will turn out a winner.  I just about run myself out of planting space by having so…