Author: David Adams

2020 World Convention 2020

As indicated by Andrew Carrington we have a Post Convention 2020 tour planned for the South Island of New Zealand. The tour will be arranged by Aaron Russ and his company Wild Earth Travel. The basics of the tour will…

Acclimatizing Bulbs

I had hoped to write an article for the ADS Journal regarding acclimatizing bulbs received from Down Under but never got around to it. Here is my tuppence worth. Sorry Matt, it has no scientific evidence but usually the theories…

Tour

Hi Folks, Our news tells us that Minnesota is very cold with deep snow. It seems hard to believe that the Northern Hemisphere show season is only a few weeks away. I guess that it will be time for people…

Theory according to Dave

These flowers of Nb nivalis are quite the smallest daffodils that we grow. When exhibited in NZ they are down pointed because they are too small compared with a vase of Nb conspicuous. Now here is the theory according to…

N cyclamineus

Yesterday I mentioned variation in the species cyclamineus. The first to flower opened today. I picked it for a Hort Soc meeting. It has lovely form and is always very small. I expect the next lot to flower in a…

Introduction

For my talk on bulbs last night I used the following abstract. I thought it was quite good myself and you are welcome to use it. The Story of Bulbs Bulbs store beauty that stimulates our senses from taste to…