Day: March 4, 2008

blooming in Ohio today

‘Chinese Ivory’ is in bloom in my coldframe.  I took the photo yesterday when the temperature got to 70 degrees F.  We got a lot of rain overnight–water is standing in the daffodil beds–and temperature is around 35 degrees F. …

New Daffnet Member

Friends, Please welcome our newest Daffnet member Catherine Gillespie. Catherine is a member of the Garden Club of America, the Garden Club of Virginia and the Dolley Madison Garden Club. She is also a member of the Virginia Daffodil Society…

moving water

Most of the rain water that hits our street drains down past the big drift of Sweetness I sent a picture of a couple of days ago. You can see it very well in this picture but the main drift…

wind damage

Large clumps of daffodils like these Sweetness were mashed to the ground with the heavy rains and down drafts from the winds. If the stems are not broken they will partially stand back up. One problem we see when you…

Ceylon after the storm

You know the average person would not see much damage to these blooms after the ice melts. What looks like water drops on the back of this Ceylon bloom is actually all ice. We are hovering right at freezing still.…