Month: July 2008

parent/child class

Like Donna Dietsch, I have always kept a record of parentage on the 3×5 cards that I use for each cultivar, and I also include it on my spreadsheets where cultivars are displayed by show class. It is not hard…

div 6

Finish the evening with the first div  6 for the season.   It came from John Hollevers planting. He sorted it from a mixed line lst season,  sorry we can,t name it  –  but it,s bright and cheery in a…

Titch

More  Titch for Daffseek.   Will try and find some seedlings for more mum  dad  and kids.

titch

Hi Daffnetters,   Kapiti  —  Horowhenua area has had , likke most of the country, taken a bit of a battering in the last  36 hours. Very strong, extremely high gusts  —  considerable wind damage around but fortunately not a…

visitors in the garden

Friends, You’ve heard my tales of woe regarding deer.  I usually scream and yell at them to get them to leave, but I couldn’t resist these two little ones.  They allowed me to get within about 15 feet of them…

Triple Pink

It’s summertime and hot here in Livermore, California; however, a few daffodils that I’m turning around from Australia and New Zealand are in bloom. The attachment shows Triple Pink, a new introduction by Peter Ramsay. I don’t know whether the…