Category: Historics

Discussion about daffodils registered or known to be in gardens prior to 1940.

Poor nutrition and petal shape

Had a ruminating thought… In the fustrating world of historics, Joe Hamm always cautions that years of poor nutrition can change a flower’s appearance. Harold K. indicated earlier that nutrition doesn’t impact (i’ve forgotten his exact wording) the flowering of…

Looking for old names

Hi –   Was talking with someone from a garden club, and got onto the subject of old local/common names for old daffodils (which she called “farm daffodils”). Any/all old names you’ve heard old-timers or country folk call old daffodils, please…

Old House Gazette snippet

Just thought this interesting; hadn’t heard of commercial daffodil growers in Illinois before…     That Was Then: Picking Daffodils for a Nickel In a fascinating article titled “Daffodils, Pears, Melons, and More” in the spring 2007 issue of The…

Rongotea

Vase  of  3  —  Purbeck ,  2  x  Ariel  —  Wilf  Hall   Also  noted his  historic  4W O  —  Mary  Copeland  [ probably ]  , until recently , still released by a large wholesaler in this area.