Leslie Leijenhorst of the Hortus Bulborum is making a speaking tour of the eastern United States this fall. If you are not familiar with the Hortus Bulborum, it is a museum garden of historic bulbs, some dating to the 16th…
Author: Bill Lee, Ohio
Chicago Innovator’s Award
In a message dated 5/9/2009 4:26:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Oakwood Daffodils Cultivar Name Changes
John Reed has asked me to post to Daffnet a few name changes that affect the current catalog that many of you either received by mail/email or picked up at the convention tour. They are: Lickety Split will be…
National Show Results, revised
The 2-way tie for most blue ribbons at the National Show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens last week has suddenly become a 3-way tie. There was a discrepancy between the records and the actual ribbons and we now have three…
More About Ohio Snow
In a message dated 4/13/2009 10:38:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: SWODS is lucky enough to receive a bulb from Spud Brogden of New Zealand as the award for the best New Zealand bred flower in the show. The winner…
wire looping, part 1–card method
That’s helpful, Kirby, if you want a project for a rainy day. But I just now took a large paper clip, straightened out its long leg, and inserted a paper label 3″ x 1″ first through the junction of the…