Day: February 1, 2010

Winter Blooming Daffodils

Its good to be back on Daff net. In late December Abba bloomed well along with paper whites- names unknown. Now paperwhites in areas of the woods are about to bloom out. I believe “The First” from Keith Kridler bloomed…

Emailing: 2-1-10 snow 047

     So this is what a hellebore looks like in east Tennessee today….cold and framed in snow.  Daffodil foliage is still looking good too. Nancy Robinson  zone 6b

“Bad Weather in Ireland”?

Dear Daffnet Friends: Our local Stop and Shop Supermarket advertised fresh cut daffodils available this week.  I went there to purchase some and bring a bit of spring indoors during our winter weather.  Unfortunately there were no cut daffodils available, and the…

Place to see daffs in NC

I was just talking with a fellow Master Gardener about scheduling a visit to a conifer nursery she is familiar with in North Carolina and she mentioned that they have been planting large numbers of daffodils for display gardens. I…

Good Daff PR in Chicago

Possibly as a spinoff from having the convention here, we have gotten some notice in the Chicago Tribune on two occasions. Yesterday our local society, the Midwest Daffodil Society, got a line in a nice article about garden societies. Last…

Solstice Star

This usually flowers at the end of November but I held back on watering and with some refrigeration of the pot managed to get it at the beginning of February. This particular flower is about 10mm larger than normal and…