From the 15th September to October 1st we have a small group of ADS members visiting us to enjoy the South Island show season and visit some interesting places. At the moment costs are greater because we do not have…
A Cold and Warn Daffodil Year
During the daffodil show season in April we had 80 degree (F) weather that burned out my daffodils, than in the month of May and June we had cooler than normal weather. I wore long pants until yesterday because it…
Red Label for June Journal
My apologies for those of you I accidentally chose the wrong date for our Red Label mailing label. It appears as though I chose some of you with a Dec 2023 renewal date when I should have chosen a Dec…
N. jonquilla Crosses
Daffodil Digging Time
It’s time to dig daffodils and I am feeling the pain already. This being my 80th year, digging gets harder each year and I have muscles that I didn’t know about already telling me they don’t want to do it. …
Dry Spring has made a big difference in a sucsessful seed set
I keep good records on crosses and seed set. This year has been a banner year. Past years I’ve made between 30 and 55% of my crosses actually making seed. This year it is at ~80% and the number of…