Today I played golf with the son of Trevor Jordan, a prominent grower of chrysanthemums and orchids in Launceston. He died about 2002. I should think he was involved with the Launceston HS which has hosted Daffodil Conventions. I wonder if…
Category: Non-Daffodil
This is a collection of posts about anything other than daffodils!
Too Early for Daffodils; However, . . .
At this time, there are no daffodils blooming in my daffodil planting here in Clinton, MS. However, my sun room does have a few non-daffodils in bloom. First, a photo of Christmas cactus (as it is called locally.) Next, a…
Ox Blood Lilies
Friends, My Ox Blood Lilies, Rhodophiala bifida, are in bloom! Like Spider Lilies, Ox Blood Lilies bloom soon after rain in September. I really do like them!
Gladiola – ‘Spic & Span’
The second photo (right) is of my father holding a winning vase of what might be ‘Spic & Span,’ a gladiola that my father grew in his garden. This picture of Dad was probably taken in the late 1950s or…
Tulips in July
Several nights ago, some of our granddaughter’s friends came over for a visit. Joel, who is from England, did a very English thing. He brought a bouquet of flowers, not unusual; however, orange tulips in July! Surely they did not…
Warning
Dear All, I think something got in to computer after I opened an email from a friend Please do not open anything from me if you get anything as It seems to be sending to everyone in my address book!…