Discussions about weather impact and temperature on daffodils.
Tazettas and the jonquil/viridiflorus hybrids like protection, so for me winter is bulbocodium season. This one may have an intersectional bulbocodium hybrid as a pollen parent. This one is Gold Step x Viriquilla The first of this type of hybrid,…
A question put on Daffnet from Benjamin Whitacre about repeat flowering daffodils led to an interesting private correspondence. I have tried here to organise and add to my thoughts and observations from that exchange. It is not uncommon for daffodils…
Thanks everyone for the photos and reports and congratulations to John Reed. Way back in 1999 some N. broussonetii seed generously sent to me by Harold Koopowitz was sown. Now, after 20 years waiting, it has finally flowered. Either it…
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…
Across the street I’ve posted one like this often at this time of year, but I thought we had passed the outer boundary this time. It’s snowing! It was in the sixties yesterday. I just went out to the…
It is tazetta heaven here at the moment. The autumn has been very warm and very dry but, with the help of hand watering, the tazettas are thriving. Usually I like bright colors but this is my favorite at the…