Day: August 23, 2009

Seedling possible name.

Hello Daffnetters and Peter   How about a lovely short & sweet name to write on the many name labels it’s sure to need.  Imro  (Impeccable Rowena) which flows off the tongue easily.   Thanks for the earlier comment about smaller blooms…

Seedling

Hello All,   The first flower that raised my heart-beat a fraction.  Not big but hard to fault in all other criteria.  Labelled Ro as I’d like to name it for our son’s partner, but Rowena is taken.  Any bright…

Transplant Olympics in Queensland

Dear Friends ‘Down Under’… The Transplant Olympics is due to start in Queensland today (whenever that is local time…it’s Sunday, August 23rd at 1:59 PM EST here in Richmond, Virginia) and a very dear friend, Anne Kirchmier from Fredericksburg, Virginia who…

Oxblood lilies in bloom in Texas

We have had one of the wettest and coolest July and August months on record for the northeastern region of Texas. These are the first of the Oxblood lilies to bloom this year. Normally they are blooming the end of…