Month: January 2010

Tahiti

Hello Donna,   Matthew Zandbergen spoke about  “Suzy” and “Tahiti” in the same occasion. He said that both came to Holland thanks to his visit to UK shows, where he purchased all the bulbs available. He then started multiplying them…

to beginners

Hello Donna,   Glad you have a similar pleasant recollection regarding Matthew Zandbergen. And I liked your mentioning his daughter Suzy. In fact, he told me the  story of  ‘Tahiti’ and ‘Suzy’, the well known daffodils. The second name was…

beginners

Hello,   Unfortunately I have never had the possibility to attend a show in the US. But I have a lot of experience with helping people to understand a bit about daffodils, since during the daffodil shows in my garden…

N. scaberulus

N. scaberulus is flowering on the window sill with a flower diameter of 13 mmm.   Theo

show schedules (& Beginner Friendly shows)

 George has an interesting point.  All my years showing daffodils I have always made time to help anyone that came to me with a problem or wanted to know the name of a daffodil, while I was staging my…

“Beginner Friendly” tales and tributes

Dear Daffnet friends, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed these stories people are sharing. I want to pay tribute here to one of the CMDS members, Jean Sutton, now of the Collierville, TN,area but formerly of Memphis. She’s not a judge, and rarely…