Category: Breeding

Contains information and advice about hybridizing as well as photos of seedlings.

Red Cup Poet cross

Attached is a photo of V98-199-6. It is a cross of: [(Bon Bon x Phebe) x Red Hugh]. I would color code it as 9W-OOR. Not too many of this type exist. The flower diameter is about 56mm. If you look closely,…

Murphys Show – Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner

The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 different miniature cultivars of American breeding or origin. The winning collection was exhibited by Jon Kawaguchi. The flowers are: Oregon Petticoat Group 10Y-Y Blom Oxford Gold 10Y-Y Blom Apollo…

Murphys Show – Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner

The Red-White-Blue Ribbons is for the best collection of five different standard cultivars of American breeding or origin. The originator’s name must appear on the label except for seedlings shown by the originator. The winning collection was exhibited by Melissa…

Any suggestions?

A Chinese friend in the shui xian hua, Chinese sacred lily, growing region of Fujian on China’s southeast coast is looking for information. “I wonder wether you know some specialist and researcher of new narcissus variety breeding or not, especially in…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

This was in our local paper here in Columbus Ohio. GOAL IS NO-SHED CHRISTMAS TREE A Washington State University professor is trying to breed Christmas trees that shed few if any needles, even when they get no water.  Gary Chastagner…