Month: May 2012

Nantucket Daffodil Show, 38th Annual Show – Quinn Award

The Quinn Award is for the best collection of 24 standard daffodils from at least 5 RHS divisions. The flowers in the winning collection are: First row (front): Pink Charisma 7 W-GYP, Trevithian 7 Y-Y, Vienna Woods 9 W-R, Falconet…

RHS Late Daffodil Competition

Michael Baxter has posted some pictures to Daffnet. The full results, and more pictures mat be found on the Northern Group website, link below. http://daffodils.thenortherngroup.co.uk/?p=1069 James Akers

do you grow it?

Friends, At the recent ADS convention, a bloom of Watrous 621-2 was exhibited by the Carneys in their Premier Miniature Collection. Harold Koopowitz suggested I consider registering the flower. Ideally, the stock needs to be held by one person. I’ve…

Daffodil Shows in Scotland

Hi everyone, I would just like to let you know about a new set of web pages displaying photos of exhibits from Daffodil Shows in Scotland. The link is www.chrysanthemums.info/daffs2012/ I’ve also created a new page ‘Daffodils in Aberdeen’ or ‘Aber…

Bebop – Showing color!

I’ve grown Alec Gray’s splendid Miniature ‘Bebop’ 7Y-Y for at least twenty five years. Never have I seen such a clearly defined rim on it with this intense an orange color. 2012 has truly been a wonderful season here in…

Children arranging flowers

ALL gardening/flower groups should be concentrating more on bringing in youth to the various clubs. Since that is difficult to do then we should be taking the plants and flowers to the children! I thought this was one of the…