Day: April 4, 2012

St. Louis daffodil show is CANCELLED

FYI, the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society has cancelled its 2012 show. Instead, the Greater St. Louis Iris Society will be using our space for their show, as our tall bearded irises are fast approaching full bloom, a full month…

World Convention 1992

Hello All, I am doing a bit of research on World Daffodil Conventions. I have information on all of the Conventions except 1992. This was down for the Northern Hemisphere. I thought it may have been the Convention we attended…

Miniature 2Y-Y

This is V05-10-1 = Cayenne x N. calcicola. It is 34 mm (1.33″) in diameter. Bloom height is about 7″. The plant has narrow, keeled leaves that tend to be a more grayish green as in the species pollen parent.…

Albany show – Quinn Award winner

The Quinn Award is for the best collection of 24 standard daffodils from at least 5 RHS divisions. The flowers in the winning collection are: Back: Geometrics 2W-Y Menehay 11aY-O Bella Coola 2W-W Goforit 2Y-O Dayton Lake 2W-Y Boslowick 11aY-O…

Albany show – Throckmorton Ribbon winner

The Throckmorton Ribbon is for the best collection of 15 standard daffodils with 15 different RHS classifications. A classification is the division number and the color code. The winning collection has: Back: Doctor Jazz 2Y-ORR Descanso 1W-Y Trevithian 7Y-Y Bloemendaal…