Month: May 2010

3 pictures for you –tazettas

  A  big  thanks  to  Loyce  McKenzie  and  your  team  for  an  excellent  Journal  –46 – 3  –with  a  great  feature  on  tazettas  and  in  particular  ,  the  two current  leading  hybridists  , Bill  Welch  in  California  and  Wilfred Hall,…

Show arround the UK

Dear all   Now that we have finishing showing and packing Gladiolus I thought it was time to post some pictures from some of the main shows in England.   To start with THe RHS Main competition   Photo 1 …

unwanted bulbs?

The show season has ended, and ‘dig and divide’ season is about to begin.  As you do this, remember the article in the last ADS Journal about uses for unwanted bulbs.   My sponsors in a fund-raiser race for the…

4 pictures for you — Tazettas .

A  quick  look  at  Wilfs  tazetta seedlings  . The  bright  orange  cup  is  from  an  Avalanche  cross .. The second  is  interesting  and had Wilf thinking  .The flower  is  the  biggest  of the  group , is rather  open  and  flat…

3 pictures for you–Southern season

Hi  Daffnetters ,   We  have  very  much  enjoyed  all  the  flowers  and people  we  have  seen  during  your  show  season .. Quite  obviously  it  was a  very  late start  to  spring  in  most  areas  and  then  it  all  came …

Photo of Joe Hamm

Sara Kinne sent me this photo of Joe Hamm to post to Daffnet. This was taken last month at the Pittsburgh Show, where Joe judged. He is sitting in front of Helen Trueblood and Libby Frey. Bill Lee