Category: Conservation

This is about the survival of species in the wild in the face of land conversion.

Heritage help please!

With too much to do I decided instead to go and visit some old friends. Van  Sion. Orange Phoenix Yellow Phoenix (I think). Orange Phoenix and Yellow Phoenix together. This is an old 19th century pseudonarcissus. Perhaps someone can offer…

Daffodil Planting and Mulching

Something more related to daffodils.  I have been planting my daffodils lately, starting right after Thanksgiving as November have been colder than normal where I live in NC.  I had to plant in a plaid shirt and jacket with gardener…

Master Gardener of the Year 2016 Currituck Co, NC

Hi All, The Currituck Co, NC master gardeners sponsor our Barco, NC Daffodil Society; without them we would not have a show.  Fran and I joined the master gardeners about 4 years ago.  For the last three years the President…

N. elegans

I have some seeds of N. elegans from Spain, which I can give to someone, who is interested. I shall make no big writing action , but send the seeds to the first, who asks.   Theo

Corrected Distribution Map for N. triandrus

Hi Daffnet, For those interested, I am attaching the corrected distribution map for N. triandrus L.in the Iberian Peninsula published in Anales Jardin Botanico de Madrid, 58 (1), page 184, (2000) by Alfredo Barra Lazaro. On page 186 he also…

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N. tazetta ‘#4’ was collected in Crete. Most that I collected have full and overlapping petals but I like the starry appearance here. The bulb was partially exposed on the hillside and it was easy to collect but I had…