Month: April 2014

Thank you

Dear All, I’m pleased to say I arrive home safely but jet lagged! But would just like to say a Big Thank you to all at the Convention in Little Rock AR. It was a pleasure to meet old and…

2014 ADS National Show – Miniature Daffodil Awards

Miniature Gold Ribbon winner; Medway Gold 7Y-Y exhibited by Leone Low

There weren’t a lot of miniatures entered in this year’s national show, and there were only 4 ADS awards since several of the miniature collection classes had no entries. The Miniature Gold Ribbon is for the best miniature in the…

Miniature 5Y-W – Blom 227-16

Visited friend Walter Blom earlier in the week and saw this stunner in his garden. In his seedling beds really. It is recorded as 227-16 which is a cross of: N. rupicola (pigmy form) x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii (syn. N. t capax).…

Musing over the ADS Annual Convention

When I went to my first ADS Convention (1981) it was to see (and exhibit) flowers. Over the years, my primary purpose has changed. Now it is to see my friends! Daffodil enthusiasts are a warm and friendly group. I…