Category: Breeding

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

NIDG Meeting

Hi,     Ron Scamp from Cornwall was the guest speaker for the ‘Lecture of The Year’ at todays meeting of the Northern Ireland daffodil group.  Ron grows 17 acres of daffodils in Cornwall.  He showed us how the bulbs…

[Historicdaff] FW: Historics judging question

Hi Sara,            Seems to me that if a description is available as in the Big Yellow Book use it, as this is how its been assessed by who ever registered it, but the modern way of smoothing daffodils for the…

Late

Hi  Daffnetters , I  found  a  few  very  late blooms to fill  the  vases ; it  has  rained  every day  this  week  and  the  soil is  sodden  and  the  tops  still  growing  strongly.   A  large  seedling ,07  selection  that …

C D G

This  attractive  vase  won  its  class  in  the  miniature section …   A  former  national  stalwart  from  our area ,  the late  Tony  Robinson  , was  dabbling  in  miniatures well  before  the  great  source  of  informationDaffnet  and Daffseek  has provided…

Hawera

Hi  Daffnetters, The  season  is  winding  down  here  ,not  a  lot  to  flowers  and still  about  10  to 12  days  ahead  of  normal. Hawera , a smll  south  Taranaki  town  was  host  to  a  very good  one  day show  on …

Emailing: NDS Show, Gisborne 2009 2 053

Yes! It is a daffodil! Wilf Hall’s innovative ‘Aztec Sun,’ as seen at the North Island National at the weekend.   Any suggestions for a breeding programme along with a classification in Division 14 The message is ready to be…