Hello everyone, During the past couple of years, I’ve gone from planting “monocultures” of N. obvallaris, Arctic Gold and Standard Value to planting groups of different daffodils, some species and some cultivars in flower beds or along the edges of…
Author: Niels Benatar
3/36/2008 Germany
ties with logo
Dear Ron, dear all, I might not have anything of substance to offer to the ADS yet, but I just happened to stumble across a treasure of specialty ties. In my desire to find only one pretty pattern for a…
what to do with blooms in the cold
Hello everyone, Another stupid question: In the past couple of weeks, I was enjoying watching N. cantabricus blossoms coming out, growing in the flower bed outside of our kitchen window. Since yesterday, we (in Germany) have been gripped by very…
autumn flowering daffodils
To all, A bit over a year ago, I planted some bulbs of N. cantabricus outdoors (northern Germany) in September/October 2008 and had a few blooming around March 2009. Those same bulbs and some more that I planted only a…
attn Kathy Meyer
Dear Kathy, I just received “The Daffodil Journal” and was pleased to find your picture of the bicolors growing the wild in the French Pyrenees. When are they in bloom? I plan to travel there next spring or early summer…
planting in layers
Dear thoughtful inputters, I received so much helpful advice that I’d just like to thank all of you together for having responded so quickly. I will not smother my daffodils with perennials. On the other hand, nothing I plant is…