Category: Growing Daffodils

ADS 2023 National Convention registration fees have been determined!

Friends, the ADS 2023 Convention registration fees have been determined!   We will go live with that information as soon as the set up is complete on the ADS webstore.    We are grateful for your patience,   Jaydee Atkins Ager…

Planting Daffodils

I have said in the past that when I start digging daffodils I can only work a couple of hours and I’m tired, body hurting all over, and I swear I’m not going back to the daffodil digging.  But I…

Last daffodil of the season

It is hard to tell if this late bulbocodium will reliably produce secondary flowers. Some years the daffodils get fried at the beginning of October. This year has been one long cool wet spring. It’s a Gold Step grandchild that…

Fragrant Rose

Does anyone have 27 bulbs of Fragrant Rose? I have a school district who would like to participate in the ADS Youth Bulb Challenge. Dianne Bowditch Shelter Island NY  

Growing tazettas

The name ‘Gramon’, in the series of tazettas I named, is short for Grand Monarch. I assume this series are genetically similar to Grand Monarch. They flower in winter here and benefit from a little frost protection. A shrub (Callistemon)…

Digging Daffodils using a Bench

I had a personal email asking me how can I dig daffodils using a bench and setting down. Well, it’s easier than standing up for several hours or days digging daffodils. I generally plant my daffodils in rows of 7…