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I remember years ago the Forsythias never had as many flowers as the more modern types. My neighbor grows Lynwood Gold and it is just a mass of yellow blooms each spring.

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Cum Laude is the only split cup daffodil that I grow. Some years back I decided to try some newer types and bought Cum Laude from Brent & Becky's Bulbs. It is an unusual color and flower shape.

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Being both seed and pollen fertile used in breeding programs (twice as seed parent, once as pollen parent. List of descendants available at ADS DaffSeek site at http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...
(10-30-13).

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Said to resemble a smaller and more brightly colored 'Samoa'.

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One of the relatively few cultivars awarded multiple times for forcing.

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Used as pollen parent in production of cultivar 'Toowaiwai' by Graham J. Phillips of New Zealand in 2001.

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Used in breeding programs, once as seed parent, twice as pollen parent. List of descendants available from DaffSeek at http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...
(10-30-13).
DaffSeek description - 'Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad in outline, rounded or squarish at apex, slightly mucronate, greenish white spreading, plane, overlapping two-thirds; the inner segments more usually rounded at apex, not noticeably mucronate, a little creased and with midrib showing; corona bowl-shaped, small, slightly creamier in tone than the perianth, with very pale yellow at rim, frilled.'

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Pollen fertile, used 3 times as pollen parent. List of descendants available from DaffSeek at http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...
(10-30-13)

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Used twice as pollen parent ('Havilah' and 'Ranefer') by the Australian breeder Stephen J. Bisdee.

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This Classic Trumpet used as pollen parent to 'Faris'.

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Description from DaffSeek -'Fl.125 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, only very slightly mucronate, milk white, reflexed, plane or a little concave, smooth and of good substance, with broad midrib showing, regular, overlapping half; the inner segments more usually plane; corona funnel-shaped, narrowly ribbed, pinkish white, with sage green noticeable in tube, mouth lightly ribbed, straight, split in places and overlapping, a little frilled, with rim minutely crenate. Resembles 'Cloneen' but with the perianth segments longer, smoother and more sharply reflexed and the corona of a different shape.' (10-30-13).

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Description from DaffSeek -'Fl. 93 mm wide; perianth segments roundish, truncate, light greenish yellow, paler at midrib at apex, spreading, concave, with margins incurling, overlapping half; corona broad and shallow, ribbed, vivid yellow, paler at base, with mouth straight and frilled. measurements indicate Division 2; variably Division 2' (10-30-13).

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Seed fertile, used as seed parent in production of 'Solar Disc'.

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Tall white petaled red cupped daffodil from Northern Ireland bred by Brian S Duncan registered in 1983 by Rathowen Daffodils. Won an Award of Merit in 2004. Both deed and pollen fertile. Used once as seed parent (to 'Charlotte Baker Farage') and twice as pollen parent ( to 'Jumelee' and ' Twinset'); all Duncan creations.

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DaffSeek description -'Perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, deep lemon yellow, with slight white mucro and with a band of white at base, spreading, slightly concave, with margins sometimes incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly inflexed, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, opening yellow, becoming white, with lemon yellow at rim, mouth ribbed, straight or very slightly flared, even, with rim crenate.' (10-30-13).
Being both seed and pollen fertile could be utilized in breeding programs. It is the pollen parent of cultivar 'Fox Moon'.

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Used as seed parent to cultivar 'Narrative' by B Duncan in 2007.

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Very fast growing, conical shrub or small tree. Most likely is a hybrid between Chinese holly and English holly. It will set fruit without a male, but will produce a heavier yield of berries if pollinated by a male selection of Chinese holly. A best bet for growing here in the hot and humid Southeast.

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This tree has spread prolifically in the Southeast, and because of that it is considered a noxious weed.

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This is such a wonderful tree! It does well inside in a container by west-facing window, but in zone 5a I doubt it will ever flower. Still, I love the scent of it! Just like being in the woods again. From what I've read, stems are not viable for rooting, but if it ever flowers and seeds, I will have them for trade. This tree is 4 years old and I will probably do distilling of the leaves sometime this spring for tea tree oil.

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Used in Australian breeding programs of the Jacksons, once as seed parent (to produce 'King Hit) and once as pollen parent (to produce 'Twicer').

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