Category: Historics

Discussion about daffodils registered or known to be in gardens prior to 1940.

LA’s Daft Dashers daffodil tour March 9

Annette Parker of Louisiana asked me to post the following information on the upcoming Daft Dashers daffodil tour and program on Historics.  Congratulations to the Daft Dashers on putting this together!   Daffodil Tour in Sabine March 9 The second annual…

Bud Count and Cold Weather

Here’s a general question. I grow daffodils in west central Louisiana. I bought 18 Beryl bulbs in the fall of ’11. First year bulbs all flowered well, of course, and I won my first blue ribbon with a stem. During…

Trumpet Major

Greetings to all! I am trying to do a little history on a very common daffodil here in Gloucester, Virginia, that grows almost wild!  Natives like myself refer to it as Trumpet Major.   I always believe its official name was either Lent Lily or N. pseudonarcissus…

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,…