Surprise!! The show is on!!! After all the plans for aborting the show that were made last Sunday, Nancy Pilipuf and I huddled yesterday and decided that we have enough blooms, few very distinguished, to front a small show for…
Day: April 24, 2013
Three folks in recent daffodil news
To me, daffodil friends are even more wonderful than the flowers. Here’s a photo taken during the Convention of three happy daffodil folks whose names you’ve seen in recent daffodil news: Robert Darling (of Washington DC and Pennsylvania), Harold Koopowitz…
End of the Season
Here, looking a little weather beaten, is the last daffodil of my season, ‘Gay Challenger’. The bulb was planted in 2008 and flowered for the first time last year. It took four years to settle down and did make one…
the 2013 ADS Convention in Columbus – with appreciation
Having once served as an ADS Convention Chair, I really know how to appreciate the hours and hard work that goes into such a production. I thank and salute all of you involved in the recent ADS Convention and National…
Inter-Sectional Species Hybrid 5Y-W
This is: V04-204-16 a 5Y-W Miniature (34mm). An unusual cross made between two members of Section Ganymedes. It is a cross of: N. triandrus pulchellus x N. triandrus capax (syn. N. t. loisleurii). Based on how differently this grows along…