Month: November 2009

I also have a question

G’day All Enclosed is a photo admittedly of poor quality which was sent to me. In her own words the lady said ” it is 3 daffodils in one. The first one came out with the second one coming out…

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  Hi  Daffnetters, A  quiet  time  at  the  moment  ;  time  to  sort  the  seasons  photos  and  put  most  on  a  memory  stick … I ,ve  been  working  with  Wilfred  Hall  on  putting  his  photos  on  daffnet  ,  but  have …

blooming today in TN.

No daffs blooming at the moment, but I have snowdrops and daylilies blooming at the same time! Although I have not kept records of my snowdrops, I can’t recall them blooming in November before. I’m not that experienced with many…

blooming today in Ohio

Friends, This little bloom of ‘Peppermint’ opened yesterday.  It’s one of Walter Blom’s hybrids.  This is about 5 weeks earlier than last year.  There are more buds coming in the pot, but nothing else is this far along; most are…

Dutch question

For those Dutch speakers / garden history buffs… There is a famous account of flowers in New Amsterdam in the mid1600s. One of the flowers recited was/were “jenoffelins” Anyone got an idea what those were? -s

Spring Bulbs emerging in the fall

Last year I planted a number of new daffodil acquisitions in a new location. The location is very loose soil and used to have a woodpile over it, so there is much decomposed wood matter in the soil. I have…