Here is a poem featured in The Writer’s Almanac this morning. It’s not great, but I like the comparison to an upright telephone! Daffodils by May Swenson Yellow telephonesin a row in the gardenare ringing,shrill with light.…
Day: April 19, 2011
Sample photo from Joe Hamms place
This has long been a very favorite flower since seeing it in the Havens “Shed” during the 1994 convention labeled in the shed as “Flowers of the future”. Iroquois has since been an amazing flower for me. I’ll start posting…
New Div. 3 Seedling & Line breeding
Steve, I agree entirely. I have seedlings from four generations of line breeding (not inbreeding) which are very vigorous. Your suggestion of some outbreeding is also well made. Of course if two flowers look like good mates breed them! Cheers,…
Replanting in in the spring
When should I stop replanting daffs in the spring?
New Div. 3 Seedling & Line breeding
The photo is of V03-50-1 a 3W-OOY. It is a backcross of Chehalem x Random Event. I have always been attracted to ‘Daviot’ 2W-OOY and flowers of that color. I find the dark corona and bright yellow rim a very…
Daffseek Awards
Dear All, At the Daffodil Society Dinner on Saturday night, my goodfriend Tony James was awarded his Daffseek Photographer pin and his Daffseek Team Pin by President Reg Nicholl and Chairman JackiePetherbridge, as the picture shows Tony…