Year: 2014

In Flower today

03-071 was a cross of Emerald Sea x N. viridiflorus. Pictured here is one I have selected that has the tentative name of “Green Grace” but it does not seem to want to offset. If it ever gets registered it…

Bet on spring bulbs

There was a great article in The Commercial Appeal, the Memphis newspaper, on Sunday, Oct. 26, about daffodils and Brian Duncan’s lecture sponsored by the Mid-South Daffodil Society on “Snowdrops and Daffodils.”  You can read it on www.Dafflibrary.org , under Articles and…

Narcissus x xanthochlorus

One year ago I published a picture of N. x xanthochlorus ( N. cavanillesii x N. viridiflorus) on Daffnet. This year  three bulbs will flower. Two  flowers allready opened (see photos).  N. x xantthochlorus is allotetraploid and therefore seed- and…

2014 ADS Fall Board Meeting in Memphis, TN

Members of the American Daffodil Society are traveling south this weekend to the annual ADS Fall Board meeting in Memphis, TN, the home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll! A wonderful weekend has been planned for…

Hand-over Time – South to North .

As  Lawrence  T  mentioned  in his  very  interesting  recent  post  ,  we are  almost  out  of  flowers  and it,s  time  to  pass  the  baton  to  the  Northern  growers  .I  picked  a  few  late  blooms  today and  also  met  Wilf  Hall…