This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.
This is the title of an article from Peter Brandham in the “Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2017, pages 26-32”. Essential statements in this paper are: Pitfalls often occur, one of the more disappointing being the mysterious disappearance of some…
The deadline for itemized and full registration at Fall Forum 2017 is November 1! There will be no onsite registration. This festive event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Cincinnati Blue Ash hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 10-12,…
With too much to do I decided instead to go and visit some old friends. Van Sion. Orange Phoenix Yellow Phoenix (I think). Orange Phoenix and Yellow Phoenix together. This is an old 19th century pseudonarcissus. Perhaps someone can offer…
These flowers of Nb nivalis are quite the smallest daffodils that we grow. When exhibited in NZ they are down pointed because they are too small compared with a vase of Nb conspicuous. Now here is the theory according to…
My first steps as a hybridizer were to cross standard daffodils. I read in the literature that it is not necessary to prevent open pollination because only 1 to 1,5 % of the flowers generate seed without pollination of…
In March I made a trip to Spain looking for narcissus species. I saw many different sites and visited also the Sierra de las Nieves near Ronda, where in different kown places Narcissus hispanicus and Narcissus assoanus grow. There…