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Colored Tazettas (called ‘JONQUILS’ by florists)

There are 28 different bulbs available in this section. The Colored Tazettas, the Paperwhite Tazettas, the Paperwhite / Colored Tazettas, and the group called the Gramon Series as well as tazettas from previous years.

Names marked with a * are yet to be registered.

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COLORED_TAZETTAS

First Stanza (N. elegans x Soleil D'Or) 8W-O

FIRST STANZA

This is one of the most remarkable of all tazettas. It is one of the very first daffodils to flower in the autumn, flowering within weeks of a cool wet change - and can be forced to flower even earlier by putting it in the shade and watering it. It is fully fertile for those interested in daffodil breeding. It has scent that may be pleasant even to those who dislike tazettas (jonquils to florists). It is outstandingly floriferous and an outstanding increaser with almost every offset producing a stem of flowers. It may prove to be one of the very few daffodils that succeed on the coast. If it has any faults it is that its perianth isn't perfectly white, and it may be a little too small to be a good florist flower.

$30/ bulb or 3 for $75

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Gold Stanza* (07_04T = N. elegans x Soleil D'Or) 8Y-0

07_04T

A sibling to First Stanza this was the only yellow seedling from the cross. It flowers about the same time as First Stanza but is not so vigorous nor as good a parent. It can give 8O-O seedlings, however, and seems likely to produce something worthwhile.

$40/ bulb

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07_05T N. elegans x Union Road) 8W-O

07_05T

Union Road was an 8W-Y tazetta collected by Marie Parton/Lorna Hymus in Western Australia. This autumn flowering seedling has much whiter petals than First Stanza but it is not so well formed and nowhere near as vigorous. Not recommended except to someone with a special interest.

$30/ bulb

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07_02T ( N. tazetta subsp. lacticolor x N. elegans) Miniature. Sibling to Autumn Surprise. 8W-O

07_02T

This is a good Autumn Surprise sibling flowering about the same time

$30/ bulb

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10_04T (First Stanza x 05_01T) 8W-O

SOLD OUT (6/2/15)

10_04T

05_01T is an Autumn Surprise sibling (N. tazetta subsp. lacticolor x N. elegans). This is not miniature but it is a nice intermediate between First Stanza and the (lacticolor x elegans) miniatures with a cup that is closer to elegans. Autumn flowering.

$40/ bulb

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09_18T (First Stanza x ?) 8W-O

09_18T

This First Stanza seedling is a good doer but is later than First Stanza, less brightly colored with a yellow cast through the petals. Its strength is that it has the largest florets of my autumn tazettas and may be a useful parent of both 8Y-O and 8W-O large autumn tazettas.

$10/ bulb

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97_01T (Autumn Colors) 8Y-Y

97_01T

This was the first of Bill Welch’s Autumn Colors to flower for me. Tall, neat, attractive, with petals paler than the cup, this is a reliably autumn flowering tazetta here. It is also a useful parent for early tazettas.

$10/ bulb

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97_04T (Autumn Colors) 8Y-0

97_04T

This has flowered between March and July here. This suggests that early watering is critical for obtaining autumn flowers. The cup is not as tidy as one might like but its strong color, which it can transmit to its seedlings, hints at the possibility of an all orange tazetta.

$10/ bulb

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98_22T (Autumn Colors) 8Y-O

SOLD OUT (6/2/15)

98_28T

This autumn flowering tazetta has proven to be one of the best Autumn Colors parents for me.

$10/ bulb

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98_28T (Gloriosus x Union Road) 8W-0

98_28T

This is a winter flowering tazetta.

$10/ bulb

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99_08T (Autumn Colors) 8Y-O

99_08T

This late autumn flowering tazetta was the best of Bill Welch’s frilled Autumn Colors. As a parent it is capable of giving flowers with regular splits and spurs.

$10/ bulb

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03_01T (Autumn Colors) 8W-O

03_01T

This is a winter flowering tazetta with a yellow orange cup. It is free flowering but the stems are not overly concerned with holding the flowers up. This can be a fault but it gives the plant a certain careless grace. Has given a very nice seedling with First Stanza.

$10/ bulb

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07_18T (Autumn Colors) 8W-Y

07_18T

This tazetta flowers in winter and has a longer straighter cup than most.

$10/ bulb

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07_19T 8Y-0

07_19T

This is a neat round winter flowering tazetta grown from seed sent by Wilf Hall in New Zealand

$10/ bulb

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07_26T (98_22T x 02_04T [Gloriosus x Bairns Sol]) 8Y-O

07_26T

This tazetta flowers in winter.

$10/ bulb

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08_07T (Bairns. Sol x 98_22T) 8Y-0

08_07T

Flowering in late autumn this very neat flower looks like a step toward 8O-O.

$10/ bulb

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09_25T (Autumn Colors) 8W-Y

09_25T

This is one of my favourites. It is not purely colored or well formed but it is big, vigorous and reliably early.

$10/ bulb

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09_29T (Bairns. Sol x 98_22T) 8Y-0

09_29T

Another fine autumn tazetta from this very fine cross.

$10/ bulb

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09_35T (Bairns. Sol x 98_22T) 8Y-0

SOLD OUT (6/2/15)

09_35T

And yet another fine autumn tazetta from this very fine cross. This one is a bit later and for that reason a borderline parent for me.

$10/ bulb

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10_12T (Bairns. Sol x 98_22T) 8Y-0

10_12T

And yet another fine autumn tazetta from this very fine cross.

$10/ bulb

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09_30T (N. tazetta x N. tazetta subsp. lacticolor). 8W-Y Offsets

09_30T

This autumn flower is a cross between the miniature lacticolor and a nice dwarf tazetta Will Ashburner sent me. It is not miniature but it’s not far off.

$10/ bulb

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PAPERWHITE TAZETTAS

03_01W (paperwhite x paperwhite). Small bulbs

03_01W

This winter flowering paperwhite is one of the best. Small bulbs only.

$10/ bulb

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PAPERWHITE/COLORED TAZETTAS

Taztep (99_02WT = Not Paperwhite Grandiflora? x Soleil D'Or?) 8W-Y

99_02WT

It has taken a long time to name this tazetta. It is vigorous but modest and not particularly distinct except that it has proven itself a MUST HAVE seed and pollen parent for anyone interested in breeding tazettas. It appears to be a perfectly fertile tetraploid, two parts colored tazetta, two parts paperwhite. It doesn't seem to like paperwhite pollen but crossed with colored tazettas (Autumn Colors) it has produced the Gramon series. It seems obvious that crossed with later tazettas it could produce the best of spring show tazettas. Crossed with standard daffodils it produces late flowered tazettas, some of which have some fertility. It is the parent of 8W-G's and should be crossed with viridiflorus directly. It has produced some nice division 5's when crossed with triandrus. Quite simply, a breeding MUST HAVE.

$15/ bulb or 3 for $35

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GRAMON SERIES

Except for Gramonesque this series are from Taztep x Autumn Colors.

Gramonesque and Autumn Colors are from seed from the Californian Bill Welch, so much of the credit for these go to him.

They are big, robust, and carry large clumps of florets high above the foliage. As a group they are scarcely believable and this is in Canberra where the climate doesn't suit them. They will do very much better in less frosty conditions.

'Gramon' is intended to suggest that these plants are genetically similar to Grand Monarque, a plant that is thought to be two parts colored tazetta and one part paperwhite.

It has emerged that Gramoneed is a reliable seed parent ('eed' for 'seed' and 'breed'), something Grand Monarque never was for me. Gramonite and Gramonella have also set seed and I expect that away from damaging frosts they all will (excepting Gramonesque). Given that the pink tazetta Fencourt Jewel is a Grand Monarque seedling, these plants are an exciting prospect.

All are mid winter flowering but they can be forced or delayed.

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Gramonesque 03_01WT 8W-Y

This was a stray from Bill Welch 'Autumn Colors' seed - perhaps Autumn Colors x tetraploid paperwhite.

$15/bulb

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Gramoneed Taztep x 98_22T [Autumn Colors 8Y-O] 8Y-Y

07_02WT

'eed' from 'seed' or 'breed'

$55/ bulb

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Gramonella (07_03WT = Taztep x 98_22T [Autumn Colors 8Y-O]) 8Y-Y

07_03WT

Name from 'yellow'

$70/ bulb

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Gramonora (07_05WT = Taztep x 98_22T [Autumn Colors 8Y-O]) 8Y-O

07_05WT

Name from 'orange'.

$50/ bulb

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Gramonex (07_06WT = Taztep x 98_25T [Autumn Colors 8W-Y perhaps 8W-O]) 8W-Y

07_06WT

Name from 'reflex'. 98_25T has a longer straighter cup and some reflex.

$65/ bulb

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