Day: February 8, 2009

First flowers in snow

Hi All,       Here in N Ireland we are having a colder winter than usual with lots of snow and frost.  First flowers of n cyclamineus outside in a pot got covered in a fall of snow today. …

Restless and waiting daffodil season

Dear Daffnet, It’s a nice day here in Western Montgomery County, Maryland.  The sun is shining and it looks like we are having a nice warm day outside. I’ve wheeled my wheelchair to the front door twice and opened it…

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There were a couple of these open last Thursday. Interesting how in the south in Zone 7B, soil that is shaded and kept a little cooler pushes the bulbs to bloom about a week earlier than the same bulbs in…

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Not really sure if this is Phantom. It will turn a nice dark pink in a few days. I bought this as a 2 W-W but there are four different varieties in the 100 or so bulbs. About 25 of…