Day: December 5, 2013

‘Atomic Energy’

Here’s a question for those of you whose memory spans the decades:  Does anyone remember the name, or recall growing–or possibly still grow–a daffodil called ‘Atomic Energy’?  I can tell you nothing about it, other than it would likely have…

Trumpet Major

Greetings to all! I am trying to do a little history on a very common daffodil here in Gloucester, Virginia, that grows almost wild!  Natives like myself refer to it as Trumpet Major.   I always believe its official name was either Lent Lily or N. pseudonarcissus…

bereavement notice

Friends, it is with sadness that we have learned that ADS member, Elisabeth (Lissa) Williamson, of Severna Park, MD, died earlier this week.  Lissa had served as RVP for the Middle Atlantic Region in recent years. Sorrowfully, Jaydee Atkins Ager                                                             …

A Few Kiwi Red / Pinks

I,m  not  sure  when  the   (  R  )  was  first  added  to  the  colour  code  of  daffs  from  the  pink  spectrum  but  the  first  that  I  can  recall  was  QUASAR  ,  2 W – P PR  ,  reg  1977…

Lecture of the Year 2013 – NIDG

Please find attached a link to the NIDG Lecture of the Year page from the NIDG Webpage. Some on Facebook may have already seen this but we would like to share with as many of our Daffodil friends  as possible.…