Category: Planting

PHS Daffodils Fall List

Friends, Attached is the 2014 PHS Daffodils Fall Sale list.  Uncommon, rare, and classics dominate this year’s offering.  This list is open to US residents only, and the deadline for ordering is 28 October–that’s two weeks from today.  There are…

Miniatures

I guess the time is imminent for Northern Hemisphere growers to be preparing to lift bulbs. Malcolm Wheeler is currently the best exhibitor of miniatures in New Zealand and he espouses the theory that miniature bulbs do not enjoy being…

Late Daffodils but early for June

Hello All, Today I have visited a house in the north of Lancashire to see some June flowering daffodil! Yes I know it’s still May but these in a “Normal” season I’m told flower in June. They were planted around 1900…

person seeking source for bulbs

As ADS Exec Dir, I receive many inquiries that come in from our ADS website.  The gentleman below is seeking a source of the daffodil cultivar, ‘Lingerie’ ,which he wishes to give to his brother in the UK.  He says…

John Hunters seedling bed.

So that’s what a professional seedling bed looks like!  I wished I could have spent more time with John Hunter, but my wife planned to see everything on the North and South Island in 3 1/2 weeks.  We saw more…