Day: January 22, 2008

Emailing: snowdrop bulbs 003

This picture shows the Galanthus bulb that seems to move the bulb up closer to the surface after being too deep.  Would this the be opposite of the contractile roots? Nancy Robinson  Tennessee

Colchicum kessellringii

hi all Here are a couple of shots of what must be one of the most beautiful winter flowering Colchicums – C. kessellringii. The flower is less than 1.5 inch tall Mark N Ireland

N. ‘Bennett-Poe’

We had a local inquiry about the daffodil named ‘J. T. Bennett-Poe’ 5W-Y, from an Irish relative of Mr. Bennett-Poe. The daffodil was bred by Engleheart sometime prior to 1904. Karl Krippendorf had a healthy planting of it here in…