Author: Terry Braithwaite, England

Div 10 and other species

    I tend to agree with David about the naming of selections of species I would rather group them under the banner of obesus, etc as a sub species. There seems to be too much of it going on…

Long Stems

Hi All   In the UK most national standard exhibitors grow standard daffodils with long stems without any detriment to the flower quality and size. I myself cut most 95% with stems around 2′ 3″ in length them I trim…

Digging

Hi All   Not all commercial growers have such machinery, we still do it by hand. But Terry and I have the next best thing a 29 year old son who is as fit as a butcher dog. He plants…

Roundup

Hi all I have always used roundup to clean the daffodils beds, in the summer months I clean them with switch hoe ( bit like a Dutch hoe but only one side connected to the shaft and the blade cuts both ways)…

Doreen Bircumshaw

Dear Daffnet   I wanted to get a message to Kathy Anderson to tell her that sadly Doreen Bircumshaw has passed away.  I know Kathy was a great friend of Derek’s and knew them both through Chrysanthemums and Daffodils. (I…

Ilkeston !2

A Collection of 6 Distint Daffodils from 2 Div’s . The varieties ellegible to be shown in this class must be on The Daffodil Society list of restricted varieties B/R  Rathowen Gold Cristobal   M/R Doctor Hugh Meldrum   F/R Golden Joy…