The 2019 Murphys show on March 9 & 10 was hosted by Ironstone Vineyards (who also hosted the 2010 ADS national show). With cold weather delaying bloom time, and rain, wind, and (in some areas) hail battering the flowers, the…
Getting color into the perianths of the miniature daffodils is as difficult as getting color into the perianths of standard flowers, but it is not impossible. It turns out that using the smaller jonquil species is the magic key to…
Weather was a factor – a significant one! Ironstone Vineyards, the Show location, was near the snowline on Friday evening! Still, this didn’t deter our basic group of exhibitors – they began to arrive at Ironstone Friday in mid-afternoon. The…
As Bob Spots pointed out our daffodil Season was close to its peak for the early Livermore show. Often in January we have a hot spell but that was not the case this year. We had lots of frost –…
The California daffodil show season began with the Livermore Daffodil Show on March 2-3, 2019. The advance weather was positive for blooms, having periods of light rain and mild winds, with consistent lengthy breaks of sun. The previous Winter was…
Here are the winners of the ADS awards for miniatures. The Miniature Gold Ribbon is for the best miniature daffodil in the show excluding the Container-Grown section. The winner was seedling 2011-040-1 4W-O exhibited by Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe.…