Month: June 2011

Minnesota 2011 Show Results

Finally we have the updated show results from the 2011 Minnesota show. http://www.daffodilmn.org/results2011.htm Thanks to Margaret Macneale and Mike Berrigan for all the work on the show. Bill Smale

registration of daffodil names

This is just a reminder that if you plan to register a daffodil name this year, the deadline is approaching.  Americans can send their forms to me by June 15 for forwarding to the RHS.  Or forms can be sent…

Betty Ferrell and her petunias

Here are shots of two different named varieties of day lily beds, they have four different beds of named ones and then the old fashioned ones from the 70’s and 80’s and a large area with seedlings that they grew…

Companion planting for daffodils

Plant lovers Joe and Betty Ferrell have an entire botanical garden surrounding their home. Here in East Texas this past week temperatures are scorching at 100*F daily or 38*C with hot dry winds ripping along at 25 MPH. Daffodils have…

Saving seeds

Do you have the dedication or patience? If so, by gathering the spilled seeds and compost on which they lie they can be saved using a sieve and tweezers… how many of you confess to having done this..? Brian