Day: March 6, 2012

Van Bourgondien Bulbs files for Chapter 11

The Old House Gardens newsletter reported that the Van Bourgondien family, which has been growing and selling flower bulbs for over a century, filed for Chapter 11 protection on January 26. This includes its garden center division, Simple Pleasures Flowerbulbs,…

Kirby’s photos

Kirby Fong’s great photos are now on our ADS Facebook page; just go to daffodilusa.org and click on the blue and white F to access the page. (The facebook logo.) Thanks Kirby for another outstanding job! Phyllis Hess

today in Ohio

N. x koshinomurae is blooming today. This has been grown in a pot and protected, not in the open. It’s a cross of N. fernandesii and N. panizzianus, and it has a lovely fragrance. The bulb was given to by…

2nd mini double

Here is the second of the Kidson x dubius doubles. While the petals are not as wide as the first that I showed they display a somewhat better arrangement. Note a bank of Itsy Bitsy Splitsy is the backdrop. cheers…