Month: April 2015

VDS Show at Richmond, Lewis Ginter Gardens

Hi Daffnet,   I’m passing along information on the Virginia Daffodil Society Daffodil Show held today a Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond.  I want to say that I didn’t have my best camera with me today.  I’m not good…

Oregon Daffodil Society Show, Albany, OR – Large Collections and 5 Stem Winners

The winning 24 Stem Entry (Carey Quinn Award) of Standard Daffodils from at least 5 Divisions was awarded to top notch exhibitor Theresa Fritchle. The winning 15 stem Collection for 15 stems each with a different color code (Tom D.…

Rest in Peace

Mary Ellen Gould, of Winston Salem, North Carolina, died January 9. Mary Ellen was an outstanding flower arranger, frequently using her husband’s daffodils in her arrangements. She won the arrangement sweepstakes at the Cincinnati ADS convention in 2001, and wrote…

fertilizer – calcium sulfate

I have finished a room renovation project, leaving me with extra strips of ‘Sheetrock’ aka gypsum board . The main component of this is re-hydrated calcium sulfate -CaSO4,  which in an earlier post on Daffnet (Laura Baster, Dec 2, 2006),…

Unknown 1W-P Daffodil

Hi, I bought this from Dr. Reed last year as Chicago Hope 1Y-GYY.  However it bloomed 1W-P.  Does anyone know what it is?  It is a beautiful daffodil, even though this one is not so great.  I had several nice…