There is an old saying that when March comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a Lion. The first two weeks or so of March 2024 “in New Jersey” came in like the lamb – warm weather into…
Category: Bulb Information
Information about condition and health of bulbs.
seeking the daffodil ~ ‘Deen Day’
Many of you will be familiar with Deen Day Sanders, here in Georgia – because she has been so very supportive of ADS and GDS since 1990. Bill Pannill named a daffodil for Deen and it was registered as ‘Deen…
The former. . . Hybridizer’s Round Robin
To Becky Fox Mathews, Mike Berringer, Bill Carter, Mitch Carney, Harold Koopowitz, Bob Spots, Mary Lou Gripshover, Janet Hickman and all hybridizers and those that want to be hybridizers: I recently had a email conversation of sorts with Sara Van…
Daffodil Questions
I was recently asked by Email 5 questions about planting from an ADS member. I’m posting the questions and my answers below. It’s hard to answer these questions directly, therefore, I had to sort of explain my method as well…
Daffodil Digging Time
It’s time to dig daffodils and I am feeling the pain already. This being my 80th year, digging gets harder each year and I have muscles that I didn’t know about already telling me they don’t want to do it. …
End of season nearing
I just wanted to give a short update: Most Surprising was a season one set of Jonquil/Viridiflorus/standard crosses John Hunter made. These have a heady vanilla scent and start blooming just after the first daffodils opened. These cultivars kept sending…