Winter flowering Narcissus 2012 - 2013

[annew]

Wow, Fermi! What fantastic hybrids! The 'Ta-julia' are presumably seedlings from 'Julia Jane?'

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow, Fermi! What fantastic hybrids! The 'Ta-julia' are presumably seedlings from 'Julia Jane?'

Hi Anne,
Glenbrook Ta-Julia is Rod Barwick's grex raised by crossing Tarlatan with Julia Jane.
I think that there must be about a dozen forms. One year Rod actually had different forms available for sale by the numbers he gave them, but these came just as Ta-Julia - six "freebies" actually!
I've used pollen from Mitimoto on these 3, so look forward to the results
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Is this a clone or just seedlings resulting from the cross?

[fermi de Sousa]

Is this a clone or just seedlings resulting from the cross?

Hi Anthony,
I'm presuming he's just named all the seedlings from the cross as 'Glenbrook Ta-Julia' and has given the individual clones a number.
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Here's an early dwarf trumpet in the rock garden - we got this as Narcissus hispanicus  - but there were 2 bulbs and 2 types of flowers! The second type will probably open a little later.
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Spanish Narcissus cantabricus, from seed sown July 2011.

[David Nicholson]

That's good going AD, two years from seed. Mine seem to take four.

[Anthony Darby]

These have been particularly quick. Others still look like two week old grass seedlings! I'll see how long it takes Narcissus dubius, N.X allenae and N. piifontianus etc.

[Gerdk]

These have been particularly quick. Others still look like two week old grass seedlings! I'll see how long it takes Narcissus dubius, N.X allenae and N. piifontianus etc.

--- tooo long - especially dubius - maybe southern hemisphere conditions will help to hasten growth.

Gerd

[TC]

Are they "winter "flowering ?.  I get confused with southern hemisphere flowering times.  If they flower for you in August, I presume that this roughly equates with February here.
I know in the distant past, I tried some southern hemisphere seeds and they tried to flower in our winter.  They did not survive !
I was under the impression that there was some sort of "time clock" with the seed germination that was geared to their original environment.
Your Narcissus have performed brilliantly.  Any seed that I sow of Narc. takes between 6/7 years to flower !

[Anthony Darby]

These were sown as soon as I received them from Spain, so I assume they have just set their clock to southern time. I have snowdrops, including mixed seed  and seed from Maidwell C, Swanton, Sickle and Maidwell L germinating now. I also have large trumpet daffs, tulips and Narcissus Polly's Pearl out too.

[fermi de Sousa]

One of the new daffs from Lawrence Trevanion in Canberra,
03-01MJ - Limequilla x Emerald sea?.

2 x seedlings of Spoirot

Two from Rod Barwick:
Thirty 'O
Ben Bler

cheers
fermi

[arillady]

A daffodil from years ago - I think it was one from Harold Cross but it has long lost its tag.
this other littlie has also lost its tag due to chooks and lawnmowers.

[fermi de Sousa]

...this other littlie has also lost its tag due to chooks and lawnmowers.

Hi Pat,
it looks like one of the jonquilla group; can you get a close-up of the open flower?
 This little Narcissus cantabricus is flowering for the first time - seed from Toledo, Spain (thanks Rafa ) sown in May 2010; looks similar to yours, Anthony.
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Mine came from El Escoril (thanks Rafa  ).