Here’s a reminder to anyone needing to escape winter weather. Louisiana is yellow! Brent Heath is speaking twice on Feb 28th at Cypress Bend Resort (west of Many, LA, on Toledo Bend). The event is nearly sold out so contact…
Month: February 2015
California Spring Party
Yesterday, on Sunday Feb 15, we had a Northern California Daffodil Society spring party and a Judges refresher too. Harold Koopowitz presented the first session with some very thought provoking ideas on judging and subtle issues like “grace”. Also he…
6 Miniature Daffodils
6 Miniature Daffodil Hybrids Back center yellow trumpet is 38mm (1.49″) in diameter. That is on the small side for many registered and named Miniature Daffodils. The mini trumpets surrounding range from 22mm to 30mm. Very tiny indeed. In bloom…
J. L. Richardson WWII Battle Series
Dear All I recently received an email from Ms Hirst in Germany asking for information on suppliers of the following Richardson WWII Battle series cultivars: ‘Alamein’, ‘Tripoli’, ‘Bardia’, ‘Tobruk’, ‘Benghazi’, ‘Algeciras’ and ‘Agheila’. They are all pre-1945 cultivars so I wonder if…
Winter Daffodils Blooming in Central Mississippi
Well, here it is Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2015, and I finally have some daffodils blooming that had not been previously frozen and the blooms deformed or destroyed! First is ‘Early to Rise’ 2 W-Y, a Dave Niswonger cultivar (left top). The…
First Flower in Canberra
Hi All, The daffodil season has started here absurdly early. This new seedling is 98_22T x (Gold Stanza x First Stanza). These parents are all pictured in my latest online catalog (and there are crosses like it available as seed).…