Category: Hybridizing

Discussion by daffodil hybridzers around the world, about daffodil fertility and breeding programs accompanied with many photos of seedlings.

kiwi spring

Hi daffnetters,A visit to Wilfred Hall,  very longtime secretary of N D S.   Wilf has been breeding tazettas for many years and is now achieving some outstanding results.   Although the main objective was exhibition flowers  – September in…

sunflowers and ethylene

It appears that the aleopathic gas that sunflowers emit is ethylene. There is a LOT of interesting stuff on this topic and the link below actually has some information about this in regards to storing daffodil blooms! (Well it refers…

anoxic bulb treatment

I apologize for reusing the subject in my previous mail, not checking on its meaning. Now I used my dictionary to do so and I was indeed very surprised !   Hopefully this does not reduce the acceptance of the…

Kokopelli in shows

Loyce, You wrote: As for me, I no longer enter ‘Kokopelli’ in collections—just single stems. That’s discouraging to learn. For me the greatest show value of ‘Kokopelli’ is in large collections – the Havens, Quinn, Bozievich, Tuggle, or Throckmorton. For…