Month: December 2009

FW: photo of John’s grandmother’s daffodil

All – FYI; got this from a buddy; the distinctive halo bleed onto the petals doesn’t match anything I’m readily familiar with. Thoughts/Suggestions? I still haven’t found a copy of the Sydenham book…. -s

Tulips lemmersii

  Friends, I have just learned that a newly identified tulip species has been named to honor our Dutch friend, Wim Lemmers. Tulipa lemmersii Zonn., A. Peterse, J. de Groot is described as erect, yellow with a red hue on the inside,…

historic books

  Friends, In today’s mail I received a catalog from a used book dealer.  Among the offerings are: Burbidge & Baker, The Narcissus: its History and Culture with Coloured Plates and Descriptions of all known Species and Principal Varieties, 1875; …

December flower 4

This may be the last picture for some days. The weather is very threatening and we are due for the first two storms of the season. Hoping for about 5 inches of rain. That is usually about half our annual…

December flower 3

One of my first Emerald Sea crosses, this is for those of you who like green cups. Cross made in 1999. I still have only one bulb :'( Harold