Narcissus 2022

[annew]

Narcissus cyclamineus

Very happy group!

[Maggi Young]

News from Plant Heritage:
The Narcissus (Backhouse)  National Plant Collection has been awarded for the detailed research the Collection Holders have undertaken, from contributing to medical research to international field studies.

"Caroline Thomson has worked tirelessly over the last two decades researching and trialling the Backhouse daffodils which has resulted in discovering several lost varieties, her collection being accredited as a National Plant Collection in 2016, her family commended by the Houses of Parliament in 2017 for holding Scotland’s first Daffodil Festival and now being given scientific status. 

The Backhouses were renowned daffodil breeders and as a descendent, Caroline strives to continue the work of her forebears. The hybridising programme which her family began in the 1800s is reflected across the daffodil growing world today, and continues to thrive in Fife where her collection is held via a series of unique new demonstration beds that showcase ground-breaking cultivars and plant ancestries. Caroline is also working with the University of Cambridge contributing  to Narcissus medical research trials. She is a speaker at international conferences, and regularly publishes new research. "

https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/news/national/two-national-plant-collections-awarded-scientific-status-for-outstanding-contributions-to-research/

[Mariette]

From a derelict garden in Sweden I got this clone which I like - maybe an old variety?

[Herman Mylemans]

Narcissus obesus

Narcissus triandrus 'Thalia'

Narcissus  jonquilla

[Herman Mylemans]

Narcissus rupicola

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus

Narcissus tazetta

[annew]

Is any cultivar more elegant than this wild beauty? I have it as Narcissus varduliensis.

[Stefan B.]

Narcissus moschatus

[Maggi Young]

Fernando Ureña Plaza  writes:
" Very interesting piece, recently published, about the citotaxonomy of Algerian narcissists and that confirms our way of understanding some parts of the gender that he refers to (e.g. , N. elegance, N. Pachybolbus)."

Cytotaxonomic investigations on species of
genus Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) from Algeria

Link to pdf :  tinyurl.com/2p84kwdw

[Maggi Young]

Very sad to learn the news today, from his old friend Kurt Vickery, of the death of retired nurseryman and narcissus expert, Mike Salmon.
A small comfort that Michael was able to see the publication of his book in 2017. One of the great narcissus lovers gone. 

[annew]

Sad to hear that.

[Maggi Young]

Kevin Frediani relates:" Fantastic morning evaluating the first year of the @DaffDNA  ( The Daffodil DNA Project - A colloborative project between schools and scientists funded by the Royal Society partnership grants to decode the genetics of daffodils)  project Dundee Botanics with STEM partners from James Hutton Institute  &  Univ. of Dundee Life Sciences division plant sciences with Jorunn Bos,  Suzanne Duce (Researcher at Univ. of Dundee)  & Liz Lakin plus many researchers who we will hear from at JHI this afternoon."




New websites which are actively being developed to share the outputs and capture success of the Scottish Daffodil Project

[annew]

Very exciting!

[annew]

Making dinner after chipping all day and can’t seem to stop. 

[Maggi Young]

Making dinner after chipping all day and can’t seem to stop. 

Take the basal plate off for dinner,  Anne - it can get stuck in the teeth!!

[fermi de Sousa]

Here's an unlabelled Div 6 flowering now in a raised bed.
It could be 'Papa Snoz' from Keira Bulbs or something similar from them as I had planted a few of theirs here but the birds have removed labels!
cheers
fermi