Author: Mary Lou Gripshover

blooming in Ohio

‘Prologue’ has been open for about 5 days now.  It is always the first standard daffodil to bloom in the open here.  It’s an old Mitsch 1 W-Y.  It’s not a rapid increaser, at least here, but it blooms nicely…

thanks

Thanks to all who replied about the ID of ‘Slim Whitman’.  We’ll try to get the word to the exhibitor. Mary Lou

ID needed

Any opinions what this flower might be?  It was exhibited as ‘Sunsplash’ at a show this past weekend, but it doesn’t fit the color code.  Could it be ‘Slim Whitman’? Any thoughts? Mary Lou

in Ohio

Greetings, all, Winter has returned, at least for awhile.  N. scaberulus is blooming today; there are a couple more buds to open.  N. asturiensis, grown from seed, was in bloom a couple weeks ago. Mary Lou

in Ohio today

Today we have a nice sunny day, with temperatures at the moment at 48*F and going into the 50s.  I went out to open my coldframe and was surprised to see this crocus blooming.  Some years ago, seed must have…

‘Lemon Cooler’

Friends, I’ve had an email from someone looking for Meg Yerger’s ‘Lemon Cooler’.  Does anyone know of a commercial source for it, or is anyone willing to share a bulb?  Thanks, Mary Lou