Narcissus July 2017

[fermi de Sousa]

This hoop petticoat daff from Lawrence Trevanion is doing well in its second year:
Narcissus 'Nug Nutsch'
cheers
fermi

[Matt T]

What a beautiful daff! The soft yellow down in the tube is lovely.

[annew]

It's a cutie!

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks,Matt and Anne,
here's another of LT's Narcissus 'Quen Dor' 10YY
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Another one from Lawrence, this time a jonquilla, 'Viristar'
cheers
feri

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Our daffodil season is well and truly under way now despite the fact it is our coldest winter in 33 years. Lots of minus 6 degrees and lots of severe frosts. It has been our driest winter in 40 years so we have had to do some watering here. Luckily some areas are watered automatically by our two recycling systems. We have just installed another water tank so we now have two rather empty water tanks!

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
A few more photos. As these are winter flowering it is unlikely they will ever leave the farm.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
A few more photos.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
The last of my photos for the evening. The romieuxii seedling is very nice. The forecast is for minus 7 in the morning. I still have seed to plant out but I will have to leave that until the frost has thawed.

[Maggi Young]

We have just installed another water tank so we now have two rather empty water tanks!

Ah well, it'll pay off in the end, Graham.  Just as well to be prepared!

[annew]

Some nice daffs there Graham!

[vanozzi]

Don't know why I haven't used N.viridiflorus more , but here is my first flowering seedling from it.

[Maggi Young]

Don't know why I haven't used N.viridiflorus more , but here is my first flowering seedling from it.

Very smart it is, too.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Paul,
what did you use for the other parent? Which was the pod parent?

Here are a few more daffs in our garden:
Narcissus muñozii garmediaefro seed from Rafa in 2008;
Narcissus KB-M-32-2017 (1-YY)
Narcissus KB-M-12 YY-1-03
Narcissus seedling ex 'Julia Jane'
a stray "white hoop"
cheers
fermi

[vanozzi]

G'day Fermi, the parents of my viridiflorus seedling are (Quickstep x fernendesii) x viridiflorus.

Viridiflorus being the pollen donor and of this particular cross, I have another 16 seedlings yet to flower.

This year, I pollinated 37 stems of viridiflorus with Div 3 stored pollen and only 3 seed pods have formed, of which one was harvested yesterday.All flowers were emasculated and pollen stored for a massive attempt this year for further hybrids.
BTW, the pod parent of the above sdl is reputed to be 4N.