I have never really shied away from controversy as those that know me will attest. However, two years in a row now, I have seen “mechanically altered” daffodils (another word for taking surgical scissors and cutting off the offending tear or mitten) on…
Category: Show Prep and Exhibiting
Information about preparing daffodils to exhibit.
Flying
Friends, Another piece of advice when carrying flowers. It is best to carry flowers dry. They become flacid and are less likely to be rubbed or bruised. It may take a couple of hours to recover when you get the flowers…
Flying flowers
Ralph et al, Please find the picture of my flower box that crossed the Atlantic to Portland a few years back, I used rolls of tissue paper across the box supporting the flower heads and foam pipe insulation to support…
Flying
I have always transported miniatures in a show block but with new problems flying when I went to Tacoma I needed to make a change. DIdn’t thinkg glass tubes would make it through. I put a block of wet oasis…
Flying daffodils into California
Daffodil friends, I know of no restrictions on flying daffodils into California. Unless Sacramento is the “port of arrival” from overseas, there shouldn’t be an inspection. Regarding the discussion of carrying them in the cabin versus as luggage, new restrictions…
Help on “flying” daffodils
Could some of our members who have experiences taking daffodils on an airplane to our shows please give us some pointers of their experiences and methods of transporting and care?? And if you have any photographs illustrating packing, that would…