Red Tailed Hawk taking his bath in my overgrown daffodil garden. He posed for over 20 minutes, then heard his dinner moving. Never seen a hawk that big in a birdbath that little. Not a daffodil subject really, but…
Seen in my daffodil garden
Author: Beth Holbrooke, Missouri
Niswonger seedlings
While I’m at it, here are two seedlings from O. D. (Dave) Niswonger from Cape Girardeau, MO. The shark’s teeth on the pink would put a daylily to shame. The other just shows what an overcast day can do to…
More from Chicago show
The season is so coming to an end. Biflorus is out, and a few poets that held back are now out along with the last few ‘Fertile Crescent’s and a couple of Downunders that are still getting their bearings. So,…
More from Reed Collection
John Reed’s Collection of 5 won 4 National Ribbons
At the recent Midwest Daffodil Show held at the Chicago Botanic garden, John Reed had one of his collections of 5 win the Red-White-and Blue, the Purple, the Rose Ribbon for his seedling 98-14-1 (first row left) as well as…
Brian’s naming of Azocor
Neil Watson related the story of the naming of Azocor after I won a blue ribbon at the national with a bloom of it. Seems Brian ran around in the morning saying he had to take “a Zocor” (medication for…