This has been one of the coldest winters in the Cincinnati area in years–they say since 1977-78. It’s been so cold that the temperature in my garage has been way below freezing for several days at a time. Well, I…
Winter woes
Category: Pots
About planting daffodils in pots.
Happy New Year
This is ‘Yuletide’, opening here about a week late, but close enough. I’m pleased because there are two blooms this year. I’ve tried to grow any number of bulbocodium and cantabricus species/hybrids, and they usually bloom once, and then ever…
Apodanthus daffodils
I have grown and killed more than my fair share of apodanthus daffodils. For me they are the best exhibition miniatures, division 6 is too early, so it is worth taking a little trouble to grow them. I have been…
Growing N. calcicola, N. rupicola, and N. watieri in Oregon
Narcissus rupicola, Narcissus watieri and Narcissus calcicola have only grown really well for me here in Oregon in raised beds outdoors. The only do OK in pots in the cold greenhouse. They do grow and flower in pots but with…
Article on Controlling Height in Potted Daffodils
Some might have an interest in this article in the March issue of Greenhouse Product News. The article is titled “A New Height Control Possibility for Daffodils and Hyacinths”. A hot link to the URL for the article is: http://www.gpnmag.com/new-height-control-possibility-daffodils-and-hyacinths
How do they do that?
Several weeks ago, I bought a 4-inch pot of ‘Tete-a-Tete’ to use on a buffet table. There were about a dozen stems open. These faded, and the dead flowers–about a dozen–were snipped off. But more stems continued to open. Today I snipped…