Month: June 2010

‘J. T. Bennett-Poe’

A number of years ago, someone called and asked me if I knew a source for the daffodil ‘J. T. Bennett-Poe’. I was unable to find one then. I now know a source. The person who was asking for this…

seed dispersal by ants

Brian, you jogged my memory that it has been realized that ants are largely responsible for seed dispersal of trillium seed.  Perhaps trillium seed have eliasomes, and this is the big attraction and paycheck for the ants.  Somewhere I have…

FW: Historics judging question

All –  This was in response to a question from the New Zealand contingent as to how the ADS handles judging historics…  -s   Lesley, Sara, and Keith, In the US, the major difference in judging historic daffodils as compared…

Seed Question

All, A short time ago someone referred to white appendages(I forget the exact wording) attached to seeds of N. cyclamineus. This is common and I remembered that these were strophioles but I wanted to check the spelling and precise definition. It’s amazing…