On Tuesday, 08 April, from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., the Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society will once again host our annual Shaw Nature Reserve Daffodil Dig Day in Gray Summit, Missouri. Have any interest in digging historic daffodils of known and…
Category: Historics
Discussion about daffodils registered or known to be in gardens prior to 1940.
LA’s Daft Dashers daffodil tour March 9
Annette Parker of Louisiana asked me to post the following information on the upcoming Daft Dashers daffodil tour and program on Historics. Congratulations to the Daft Dashers on putting this together! Daffodil Tour in Sabine March 9 The second annual…
Bud Count and Cold Weather
Here’s a general question. I grow daffodils in west central Louisiana. I bought 18 Beryl bulbs in the fall of ’11. First year bulbs all flowered well, of course, and I won my first blue ribbon with a stem. During…
Daffodil Festival in Fremont, NC
Hi Daffnet friends: Another year ending…. a new one beginning… Here I sit pondering daffodil history… Searching the internet, I discovered a daffodil festival in Fremont, NC, near Wilson NC. I was wondering if anyone has been there, heard of…
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…