A “tradition” of the Kyneton Daffodil Show, a “must-see” for those with a hunger for innovative breeding was a display, usually of five vases of Fred Silcock’s seedlings. Here are…
N. italicus Blooming in GA
Prior to the late John Lipscomb’s property being sold, Georgia Daffodil Society members were invited to come dig. And we did! This clump of N. italicus sat for 3 years,…
Daffodils around homesteads
Good morning all This question sounded like something many of you would want to discuss. frank From: Laura Smith Subject: Daffodils at Chickamauga Battlefield Message Body: I visited Chickamauga Battlefield…
Chinese Sacred Lily highly fertile offspring
I produced the first ever batch of Single Chinese Sacred Lily seeds about 10 years ago using pollen from various true tazettas. Many excellent big vigorous polyploid plants resulted, including…
Interesting Viridiflorus seedling
This seedling is Fascination Waltz (an intermediate trumpet) x Dubose J11-2, (Evenlode x viridiflorus) Used Fascination Waltz hoping to increase the length of the corona and hoping for green color…
Fred Silcock Has Died
Fred Silcock, one of the world’s finest daffodil hybridizers, left this earth on February 7, 2019 after a short illness. Fred’s magnificent seedlings were not widely known because he avoided…
Optimum temperature for pollination
Dear All, Having never had any success with early pollination, last year my crosses were all blown away by the Beast from the East! So this year I have two…
First Flowers Downunder
This year most of the tazettas were planted early, shaded, and watered. In spite of high temperatures one seedling 14_05T has flowered earlier than any daffodil has flowered here. It…
Margaret Ford
Dear ADS friends: I just learn Margaret Ford, wife of Skip Ford, passed today. She was an ADS judge, avid daffodil grower and shower here in my home state of…
Some little seedlings in flower just now
4529 maria x n. cyc. 4367 n. cyc. x n. calcicol 4277 n. ast. n. scaberulus 4365 n. ast. x n. scaberulus
Daffodils are blooming in Southaven MS
Arrowhead x Koop 04-56 (viridiflorus seedling) a lot of variation in the cross (Star Music x K5-94) x Autumn Sprite, Was hoping for color in the corona from Autumn Sprite. …
N. hedraeanthus luteolentus x Fairy Chimes (tetraploid) and N. hedraeanthus luteolentus x (Ballygowan x N. viridiflorus)
These seedlings are flowering after three years for the first one and after five years for the second group. One seedling of the second group has a pollen fertility…
ADS App
Someone posted “how to pick up the ads app” I originally got the app, but lost it. Can some explain how to get the ADS app again? I can’t find…
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