Here is something you don’t see everyday, intentionally cross pollinated daffodil seed. These are the same seeds that I plant. I just produced more than I’m willing to grow out. Daffodils rarely pollinate naturally here for some reason, excepting some small types and big yellow ones that I don’t usually use anyway. I do not protect the flowers from insects, but haven’t felt any need to. I also don’t keep track of crosses, but just mix them all together. These are not your grandmoms’ daffodils. I work mostly with modern stuff that has improved petal thickness, interesting color and unique forms. My main interests are split cups, doubles, pink and orange rims and interesting shapes. I mix pink and and orange rims with doubles and spilt cups a lot. You can watch my video on daff breeding and look at pics on instagram to get an idea of what I usually work with and potential results.

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My experience is the vast majority are at least decent garden flowers and a very small percentage, less than 5%, are really kind of messed up enough to cull permanently. Many are quite nice, though not an improvement on anything out there, or especially unique. A decent handful are quite nice and worth really propagating in earnest.

These require cold stratification. My method in the past has been to plant them in the winter and let them naturally stratify outside or in an unheated greenhouse. Another option is to soak overnight, then store in the fridge in a zipper bag with some damp medium like vermiculite, potting soil, peat, charcoal, rotten crumbled wood etc., completely sealed. damp, not soggy. From quick research, sources say about 12 or more weeks of cold is required. If they don’t sprout, leave them in place and they may come up the next year. They are very small the first year, with just one thin leaf, so they can be planted close together and divided the following year as tiny bulbs or even at three years. After that, keep weeded and they get bigger every year. 4 to 6 inches apart is enough space to get them to flowering size. You probably won’t see flowers until year 4 or beyond.

Packets are 25 seeds each