Month: September 2012

Riccarton Horticultural Society Show

Hi Folks, The first show in Canterbury wthe show was hosted by the Riccarton Horticultural Society on 8th September. Because the show did not clash with the North Island National most of the better Canterbury exhibitors were able to exhibit…

Using RapidGro

I received flowers from the florist a few days ago, and had an interesting conversation with the gentleman who delivered them.  At one time, the company included a nursery and a florist’s shop.  I suspect the gentleman who delivered the…

ADS Fall Board Meeting and Symposium, Nashville, Oct. 26 & 27

This is a reminder that the deadline to book your hotel room for the Fall Board Meeting and Symposium at the reduced price is Tuesday, Sept. 25.  The deadline for the ADS event registration is Friday, Sept. 28.  Please make…

Hummingbird migration

Hello everyone, The Rubythroated hummingbird migration seems to be in full progress. Keeping me busy supplying  nectar to feeders. Have some hummers all through summer but it really gets busy this time of year as they funnel down through Mississippi from…

Photo Captions

It would be most helpful if those posting photos could change the photo title to correspond to the flower name or seedling number of the specific photo as opposed to the sequential number assigned by your camera or import software.…

2012 Blayney show

A few other flowers from Blayney.  I did not get many. All of these are seedlings selected in the last 4 or so years. A resonable 1w-w, the champion small cup, 6y-yor, 11w-y (almost what we are looking for), 2y-r…