A couple of years ago I complained about not being able to rebloom lacticolor. In response, I got at least half a dozen suggestions for mistreating the bulbs in various ways. Last year, being equally frustrated with reblooming Stocken, I…
Author: Bob Huesmann
Golden Doubles
Best-inShow doubles aren’t exactly thick on the bench, but they aren’t as scarce as hens’ teeth, or tazettas for that matter. From 1999 through 2008 (10 years), Muster won 3 golds, with one each for Crackington, Dunkery, Gay Kybo, Radjel,…
Bulbocodiums
The issue about how different from others a bulbocodium cultivar must be to support registration has been around for some time now, apparently without resolution. I have to think there is reason for the question to keep coming up. I…
Early season (again)
Early Sensation open here just north of D.C. Has never been this early. Bob Huesmann
Early Season
Early, for sure. For folks who exhibit, messy, too. Here, in Zone 7, I picked a lovely cantabricus on Christmas day. Golden Avalanche has buds 10″ above ground, and Polly’s Pearl and Avalanche have foliage at least a foot high,…
Narcissus fly control
Narcissus fly can be eliminated virtually completely–I am tempted to say 100%–by using imidacloprid. It is sold in granular form as a grub killer for lawns. This chemical persists in the soil for about two months, according to the label,…