I’ve now dug all the bulbs that I will be digging this year. After a couple of weeks drying I will be the cleaning and sorting. The sorting will be difficult this year as I am bound and determined to…
Author: Clay E. Higgins
Raised on a south central Arkansas family farm in Drew County, where our main cash crop was cotton and tomates. Graduated from Drew Central High School. Degrees: Undergraduate at Boston University, Boston. Graduate: Northeastern University, Boston. Retired LTC U.S. Army. Consultant and "Contractor" Army Program Manager until retired Dec 2011. Currently growing my daffodils and enjoying life. Trying my hand at hybridizing. I am a Master Gardener
Daffnet
Daffnet is so quiet these days. Back when it first started and there was only about 15 of us on it, we kept up a nice continuous conversation about everything related to Daffodils. Not now. I dug some of my…
N. rupicola
I’m looking for a source for N. rupicola. Does anyone have N. rupicola that I can buy? I did a stupid thing last year that took out my N. rupicola. In the summer I dumped a truck load of top…
Judging Miniatures
As a hybridizer is pains me with what I’m seeing on the judging of miniatures at some of our shows. I have seen miniature bulbocodiums listed in the show as N. bulbocodium 10Y-Y and I have even seen them listed…
2022 Connecticut Daffodil Show-Greenwich, CT Pictures
The 2022 Connecticut Daffodil Show in Greenwich, CT was open to the public on Wed April 20th, and Thursday April 21st. This was the first show in CT in three years. There were more that 1000 blooms at the show…
Cold Weather on Daffodil Colors
With the extreme four day cold weather we had recently I’ve noticed some changes of colors on my hybridized daffodils this year. Some of my Whites now have a yellow or orange ring on the end of the corona. Some…