Bulbs: Why aren't my pink daffs pink, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
I was going to say that the atmosphere and growing conditions have loads to do with the color and growth of the daffs, too. Brent & Becky talk about this in their book. The weather and climate and perfect soil conditions have made Virginia one of the daffodil centers of the world. Likewise Oregon and other parts of the Northwest.

Last year I went to the Southwest Ohio Daff Show and they had a marvelous exhibit of about 50 or 100 daff specimens flown in from Oregon by the Grant Mitsch hybridizers and they were gloriously colored compared to the same ones grown in my garden. I was amazed at the difference, but all the daff judges and experts (like Illoquin) agreed that there was something about the atmosphere and the weather that made daffodils there exquisite.

http://www.web-ster.com/havensr/mitsch/garden.html

I think if you called the Mitsch number and asked about your pink daffs and recommendations for bulbs they would give you all the background on it. Might be interesting to talk to them (daughter's family runs it now, I think) since I believe Mitsch was one of the first who hybridized non yellow daffs. Right, Illoquin?

Maybe this one is 'pink charm'---I know I bought a lot of those bulbs last year from B & B's sale... not pink but still pretty enough...

I look forward to seeing more pics of the 'pink' daffs. (-:

This message was edited Apr 10, 2008 5:08 PM