Author: Annette Parker

Head to Louisiana for warmth and daffodils

VISIT Louisiana this spring! Here’s an early notice to help you plan that late winter vacation. Daft Dashers is joining with the Sabine Parish Master Gardeners to host Brent Heath as symposium speaker on Feb 28. Brent will present twice…

logo for Williamsburg convention ’15

Today (Oct 31) items are on sale for 30% off with Lands End. It is a bit difficult to use the site, but I called and a person walked me through the process. The code for the discount is listed…

Bud Count and Cold Weather

Here’s a general question. I grow daffodils in west central Louisiana. I bought 18 Beryl bulbs in the fall of ’11. First year bulbs all flowered well, of course, and I won my first blue ribbon with a stem. During…

Louisiana Daft Dashers

The informal Louisiana Group, known as the Daft Dashers, have scheduled their annual daffodil tour for Sunday, March 12, 2014. The tour will include sites in the Sabine Parish, Louisiana, area. Friends in Texas, Mississippi, and elsewhere should mark their…

extending the daffodil season

Yes friends, there are still flowering daffodils in North America.  Being a Louisiana gardener, I was thrilled to see blooming daffodils in mid April in Ohio during the convention this year as my season was long past.  Then Minnesota friends…