Category: Hybridizer

Information from and about hybridizers around the world.

Clive Postles with Astrid’s Memory

While on the Kiwi Tour of the World Daffodil Convention we visited Clive Postles at his home and gardens at Old Cottage, Purshull Green near Chaddesley Corbett, near Worcester, England.  Here is Clive in his greenhouse with two beautiful blooms…

Altun Ha

Dear All,   Turned on the Sci-Fi Channel while eating some graham crackers and peanut butter.  Pseudoscience about crystal skulls, but Altun Ha is the name of an ancient Mayan community in Belize (where daffodils don’t get vernalized). Best, Don

Bob Spotts and a field of Kokopelli

We saw a great deal of Kokopelli in Holland, as well as in the UK shows. Here is the hybridizer, Bob Spotts, in front of a field of it at Pennings-de-Bilt. Bob is wearing a vest that advertizes the 2010…

miniatures at Brian’s

Over the last several years, Brian has become increasingly interested in miniatures.  Smart fellow–he grows them in a raised frame/house to eliminate all that bending over to pollinate!  :-)   Next stop, Holland.   Mary Lou

one of Brian’s

This one caught my eye.  Great color!  It’s D2452.  I didn’t record the breeding.   Mary Lou

inside Brian’s shed

Brian also had a display set up in his shed where we could see the blooms close up without being out in the weather.  This is one area of it.   Mary Lou