Friends, Harold sent me a bulb of this seedling of his this summer with instructions to water in mid-late September. And voila! I really like this one; the form is really nice. There are about 5 more buds to…
daffodil flag flying in Ohio, round 2
Category: Breeding
Contains information and advice about hybridizing as well as photos of seedlings.
calcicola x cantabricus
Hi Brian I suppose that the result of the cross N. calcicola with a nuclear DNA content of 26.6 pg and cantabricus with 14.5 pg will be sterile. Even when using the tetraploid cantabricus with 29 pg as this would…
S I doubles
Season was almost over for me and many other N I growers Only took 3 sdlgs to Nelson . Lucky to win both double sdlg classes. Also put a red/pink in an unplaced pinks collection. Red /pink was almost…
Green
Lawrence, I’m interested on your perspective on green daffodils regarding the green being an indication of undeveloped flower parts. I guess the two current leading exponents in the development of green daffodils are Bob Spotts and John Hunter. Interesting that…
Green
Hi Daffnetters, Taranaki in spring is very green , one of N Z ,s most productive milk producing regions. Spud Brogdens daff patch was surrounded by acres of lush green spring grass when members of the Central Daff Group…
Champion Bloom
Thank you Peter for posting a photo of 60/98A. This seedling has an interesting history. Some years ago Reg Cull stayed with us and while looking through our seedling beds he picked out a yellow red variety and insisted we enter it…