If you’re in middle Tennessee like me you are having some very wet weather; farther north you may have snow or ice. I’m sure similar weather is playing out in…
Daffodil ‘Tag’
Does anyone know where I could buy bulbs of ‘Tag’ 3 W-O, a Jackson origination? Several of Tag Bourne’s relatives asked me at her memorial service where they could get…
Move to NJ
Many of you knew that Fran and I were moving to New Jersey in 2018. Mostly because I had a “fire” sale of my bulbs to get the numbers down…
December Journal
Good morning everyone I’ve received 2 emails from Georgians who haven’t received their December Journal. This makes me curious if a larger problem hasn’t happened. Are their others in the…
First bloom of 2019
In typical Ohio weather style, we went from 63 degrees two days ago to 28 degrees this morning. I grow a few daffodils in pots in the garage, under lights–the…
Another bulbocodium hybrid.
Lawrence Trevanian made ‘Gold Step’ a cross of ‘Alfriston, 2Y-R, by N. bulbocodium. This cross is fertile. I think Lawrence once told be that he had doubled the number of…
Something to contemplate
It seems to me a big part of breeding is the selection out of the seedlings – what are you looking for and does this advance things? I am wondering…
Ultra rapid seedlings in flower
At the Sacramento Convention in 2017, Steve Hampson had a lovely pot filled with the bulbocodium ‘Julia Jane’ in full bloom. Also at the convention were a few cut flowers…
A funny thing happened on the way to the show…
Happy holidays. I am working on a newsletter for the newly-formed Gloucester (VA) Daffodil Club. Along with the goal of encouraging our members to “paint Gloucester yellow,” we want to…
Sad News
This morning I received an email from Naomi Liggett with some sad news: “Sad news. Tag (Delores) Bourne died this am. She was a long time member of ADS and…
An interesting volunteer.
I have had a pot labelled N. patula for a very long time. N. patula is a small 8W-Y. In 2004 I put the tazetta’s pollen onto ‘Emerald Sea’ and…
Daffodil Sports – N Z , 2018
We all accept that daffodils will very occasionally throw sports – different flowers from established , known parents , vegetatively propagated , not seed propagated . Probably the best known …
Titan
Does anyone know anything about the much advertised ‘Titan Pocket Scope’ at $46.95 ? It sounds too good to be true – and we all know about such things !…
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