Month: May 2012

bereavement notification

Friends, sadly, we have learned of the death of ADS member, Denis Dailey of MN. Denis died on 10 MAY. He had joined ADS in 2005, and was very active with the Daffodil Soc of MN. I’m sure our ADS…

A Fond Farewell to the Season

Ian and all, I picked my last bouquet of daffodils this morning, albeit a small handful of very late things: an Aunt Betty, two Twin Sisters, a Frou-Frou, an Indian Maid, a Satin Blanc, a fully reversed Oryx, and a…

Help Please!

No.20a Dear All, I have been saving some picture of these 1960 ish daffodils that I found at Spetchley Gardens on my visit there earlier in the season. It seems the gardens were replanted up around that time with bulbs…

Mistreating bulbs

A couple of years ago I complained about not being able to rebloom lacticolor. In response, I got at least half a dozen suggestions for mistreating the bulbs in various ways. Last year, being equally frustrated with reblooming Stocken, I…

‘Zoom in’ on best blooms in Scotland

Hello, Two new web pages are now available where you can use ‘zoom’ and ‘magnify’ features to obtain close-up views of some of the best blooms and best vases at some of the shows in Scotland. When you view the…