I would like to get one bulb of Cool Pink, of Magic Step and of New Magic to look at the pollen. Perhaps they are fertile and I can make some crosses. I found none of these daffodils in the catalogues of the…
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
NNNX Crosses 1
The pictures show new seedlings of this spring from the following crosses: Symptom x Matador, Hillstar x Amadeus and Oregon Cedar x Emerald Sea. These crosses have 3 chromosome sets of standard daffodils (NNN) and 1 chromosome set of N. tazetta, N. jonquilla or N.…
Last e-mail: Reed trumpets
These are not mine (drats!), they’re John Reed’s at Oakwood Daffodils. Clearly, John has made immense advancements in the 1W-O and 1W-R arena. These images are not altered or adjusted. They’re the real deal. Both pictures were taken last spring.…
Vigorous Lima seedling
Daffnetters, Here’s a patch of one of Manuel’s seedlings. The notable characteristics of this one are the extreme length of blooms and the willingness for bulb division. The blooms have been open a month! It does not seem to be…
P. Freckles ‘Sunnyside’and P. wardii album
Dear Harold, Ran over to Theresa’s yesterday and had a great time. I am now the proud owner of P. Freckles ‘Sunnyside’ and P. wardii album. Really delighted to get both. I have read that Doug Pulley crossed Freckles with…
seedlings
Among the new seedlings starting to open is 06-002-1 from the jonquil ‘Pink Setting’ by a green viridiflorus seedling. There are two buds on the maiden stem, it is just too large to be a mini. The pollen looks good…