David Burdick
Grower of Daffodil Flowers and Bulbs
& More
Offering Undiscovered Varieties Belonging in All Gardens

2008 Catalog

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The Pannill Bulbs

Virginia’s Bill Pannill will no doubt go down in history as one of the finest breeders of exhibition daffodils the world has known, and certainly too as one of the fiercest competitors to ever set foot in a showroom. He openly admits bringing a shopping bag along to each event, sure to be needed for hauling home all his trophies and ribbons. So legendary had his skills in both endeavors become that in 1997 the American Daffodil Society established the Pannill Award to annually acknowledge proven show winning flowers bred by Americans. Bill’s classic all-white introductions Homestead and River Queen have already won this prize too!

For whatever reasons, relatively few of his flowers have graced the tables at shows here in the Northeast, so my knowledge of his body of work was limited when I began planting the batches of stock he generously started sending me in 2003. I have had a ball observing them grow over the past three years, and can now start offering a fair number of Pannill cultivars for sale this year; a few of them I believe have never been cataloged anywhere else before now.

 First Time Offerings 2008

Cross Roads - Another successful reverse bicolor from the prolific cross of Camelot x Daydream, Cross Roads has the height, vigor, and floriferous nature that make it ideal as a garden plant. Plus, it is a reliable source of blooms for your Maroon Ribbon collections (5 Reverses exhibited together) as its flowers come right when you need them for the local shows (mid season), it reverses quickly, and has the lasting power to hang on for the late shows. Registered by Mr. Pannill in 1996.
2Y-W                                             $24 each 

Pink Puff - The best white/pink double that Bill Pannill has registered in my estimation. It has the strongest stem, best size, crispest form, and cleanest colors of all we have evaluated. Maybe not as many layers of petals or as full a pink center as some exhibitors may wish for, but the resulting lack of potential spaces where water might collect during bouts of foul weather aids in keeping this flower upright in the garden. A late season bloomer that hasn’t blasted for me, nor did it for Bill in Virginia. It’s bred from Androcles x Alumna and was registered in 1990.
4W-P                                             $15 each 

Tennant - A fairly large and neat exhibition flower bred from Torridon x (Uncle Remus x Javelin). Tennant gets its smooth, flat, almost double triangle perianth (the inner petals are too rounded for the true double triangle look) from Torridon, which along with Javelin contributes to the cup’s sunproof nature. The frill at the end of the corona I’m guessing comes from Uncle Remus. A stout upright plant for the garden too, blooming mid season. Registered in 2004.
2Y-R                                             $30 each

Offered For Only The Second Time:

Cliffhanger - Good pink trumpets remain scarce, and this is one that seemed to be showing up with some regularity in collections Bill Pannill entered, and of course won. A well-formed white double triangle perianth with a long, flaring cylindrical true pink corona (Tasmanian pink), frilly at the tip. Less than 10 bulbs to offer. Mid Season, registered 2004.
1W-P                                             $40 each

Lora Robins - The breeding is (Mabel Taylor x Radiation) x Party Doll, all later blooming varieties. Yet this is an early midseason flowering pink cupped cultivar, which seem to be few in number, right away making it useful for exhibitors to have for their collections (even though Bill may not tout this as one of his upper echelon show flowers). A strong grower that makes good bulbs; quite nice in the garden. Registered in 2004.
2W-P                                           $12 each

Previous Pannill Introductions That Debuted In Our Catalog::

 Page Lee - Good size bloom and a boiling hot orange/red cup upon opening (I can only imagine what Oregon’s conditions would produce!). A striking collection flower; its petals are a paler yellow than most in the same color code. Late Mid Season, registered in 1996.
3Y-YYR                                       $15 each

 Danyel - Seed parent Quasar contributes the intense dark pink to the short crinkled coronal segments swirling amidst pure white petaloids in the center of this recently named Pannill double. Mid Season, registered 2003.
4W-P                                           $ 8 each

Previously Available Elsewhere, First Time In Our Catalog: 

 Additional Pannill Varieties Available in 2008:

 Classic All-Whites

 Bill’s most highly awarded and sought after flowers are his whites. Because demand usually exceeds supply, the following remain somewhat rare and are all too infrequently offered. 

More Pannill “Bankers”

Constant Winners, whether single stem entries or in collections  \

    Lesser Priced Varieties

  Still useful for completing that Red/White/Blue collection

  See photos at http://homepage.mac.com.daffybill/daffodils  or http://daffseek.org

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