Mid June

Finally we’ve had some rain. Hopefully I will now be able to finish planting. (It is very late!)

Some nice jonquilla are now flowering.

10_05Jsm 12_15Jsm

Years ago I selected bulbocodiums that had gnarled coronas with pollen points in them. It seemed to me these might lead to doubles. No luck so far. This one is is lobed – 11a interestingly enough.

13_24B

Perhaps my nicest green daffodil has flowered for the first time. It is not wonderfully fertile but seems to be adequately so (as judged from sprouting its pollen) . It is 07_06MJ x 01_01MJ.

01_01MJ is Westholme x viridiflorus.

07_06MJ is (Hillstar x Quickstep) x Emerald Sea? – it too is not wonderfully fertile, nor does it have the best form, but it is probably the greenest seedling from that generation of crosses.

13_05MJ