by Ben Blake • • Comments Off on 2015 Livermore Show – Best Intermediate Bloom
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Kirby Fong recorded this Best Intermediate Bloom “Ollie” raised by New Zealand’s Denise McQuarrie, and since I have more photos am including them here.
I have some more photos of the 2 W-WWP seedling X-15-15 from Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. As Kirby said The Miniature Rose Ribbon is for the best miniature seedling in the show excluding the container classes exhibited by its…
Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe entered their collection of 24 stems of miniature seedlings and three named cultivars too. There are some really spectacular blooms here and at least four stems were selected to be considered for individual awards. The bloom…
by Ben Blake • • Comments Off on 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…
Nancy Tackett and I were honored to be invited to the wedding celebration of Stephen Hampson and Harold Koopowitz on April 26th. This event was held Saturday night at a beautiful garden facility called “Sherman Gardens” near the Pacific Ocean…