Narcissus August 2014

[fermi de Sousa]

I don't care what anybody thinks about this word - sometimes the only appropriate word to succinctly express an opinion is "cute"

Occasionally it needs a 'very' before it!

In my case always

So....Maggi is cute, Anne is very cute and David is always cute! Sounds about right
This is the pot shown above (reply#1) of seedlings raised from AGS Seedex of Narcissus romieuxii ex 'Julia Jane' - at least these 4 look close to "mum"!
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

I would have said David was cuddly rather than cute.

[David Nicholson]

I've put myself down as both Lesley

[fermi de Sousa]

Some other mini-daffs from Keira last year are flowering again now,
a section of the "Keira Bulb Bed"
Narc.KB -20-2002 (6 Y-Y)
Narc. KB-BH -white -small-1-04 (10 W-W)
Narc. KB-M-23-02 (6 Y-Y)
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A few more open today,
Narc. KB-M- 6 WW -4 -08 (from Keira Bulbs - it should fade to white)
Narc. KB-M-34-2000 (also from Keira)
Narc. 'Ken's Cross' (about what??  )
Narc. cordubensis - growing through Jasminum parkii
Narcissus hispanicus (or is it? I got 2 bulbs from the supplier under this name and the other has a somewhat different flower)
cheers
fermi

[Yann]

I love them all 

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Fermi I would be using KB-M-6W-W-4-08 on some of your other seedlings. It is a very good exhibition flower and fertile both ways.
I will join Fermi in showing some of Keira Bulbs seedlings. The first group will show what happens when you grow a lot of seedlings. It is a double headed micro mini double. At first I thought it was a split cup but on closer examination I realised it was a double as it had lots of petals. What is missing is the cup. Of course it is one for Lesley. Our miniature split cups are also starting to open. Lesley look in the background for the split starting to open.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Some more Keira Bulbs seedlings. The miniature 1Y-P is very nice.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
More Keira Bulbs seedlings.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
More Keira Bulbs seedlings. Another big day of hybridising. I did a lot of crosses to get miniature 6W-O's, 6Y-O's, 1W-O's and 1Y-O's. I also did bit of bulbocodium hybridising. I have N. tenuifolius flowering much earlier than normal so I have put it onto our small white bulbocodiums. I have also put Mondieu pollen onto some of our seedling bulbocodiums. It is a very strange season. We have had our coldest winter in 40 years but we have a lot of bulbs flowering much earlier than normal. It is incomprehensible. The pinks are not colouring up much this year.

[Jupiter]

This may be a pretty tall order but, I was given some bulbs of this little dwarf Nacissus and I've never had a name for it. I hate not knowing what I'm growing, it bugs me no end... Can anyone ID it from this photo?

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Jamus,
it looks like a campernelle, Narcissus x odorus,
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Thanks Fermi, I think you got it. I reckon that's it... good enough for me.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Some more photos.

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
More photos.