Month: May 2008

Clive Postles with Astrid’s Memory

While on the Kiwi Tour of the World Daffodil Convention we visited Clive Postles at his home and gardens at Old Cottage, Purshull Green near Chaddesley Corbett, near Worcester, England.  Here is Clive in his greenhouse with two beautiful blooms…

last photo on the field this year

Albus plenus odoratus is the last one flowering on my fields this year. After a long period of real summer weather we had about 20mm of rain this weekend and al the colors of the daffodils seem to be washed…

Altun Ha

Dear All,   Turned on the Sci-Fi Channel while eating some graham crackers and peanut butter.  Pseudoscience about crystal skulls, but Altun Ha is the name of an ancient Mayan community in Belize (where daffodils don’t get vernalized). Best, Don

mystery historic daff

Good day, I’ve got a mystery on my hands that I hope one of you can solve. The Jensen-Olson Arboretum is a new public institution in Juneau, Alaska. The property was homesteaded by Johan Petersen, a German immigrant gold miner…