A new species ‘N. grandae’ has been described. I think it is allotetraploid like for example N. miniatus and N. tortifolius. It has beautiful flowers and is vigerous and therefore…
Thanks to these generous bulb donors
Richard Ezell, Sue Luken and Kathleen Simpson all took the time to label, box and mail bulbs for the bulb exchanges at the Virginia Daffodil Society October meeting and the…
Request for cards and letters
Loyce McKenzie would like to hear from you. Please take a moment out of your busy day and write her a card or a letter. Her address is Rm 108,…
Fire and Daffodils
Good morning In light of all the California fires in recent years and a recent back cover of a Journal with an emerging Daffodil I thought this would generate some…
Gloucester 2019 Show Photographer?
Frank (ADS Exec. Dir.) posted photos from the Gloucester VA ADS Show in April that Peggy Bowditch had given him. I’m working on the 2019 Show Winners PDF files for…
Belated Happy Halloween & Fall Planting
On a handout virtually copied from one Bob Spotts wrote years ago and that we adapted to our clime and calendar in Chicago, we advised: “Plant before Halloween.” Our Midwest…
A Gower question
Here’s a question for (probably) the New Zealand contingent. I got Janet Gower, 2 Y-P, from Jason Delaney this year. It is supposedly an unregistered Bell bulb that John Reed…
Dona Townsend
I need to pass along to you the sad news that founding Oregon Daffodil Society member Dona Townsend died on Monday, October 28. She was hospitalized for a few weeks…
N. serotinus growing notes
I thought I’d write about my experience growing Narcissus serotinus over the past year as I find things like this written by others to be fascinating. Feel free to offer…
2020 world convention
Registrations are now open Up dated program is published on the NDAA website with links to eventbrite https://www.ndaa.org.au/wdc_2020.html# Registration and details for the Tasmanian pre convention trip and the convention…
2019 RHS Yearbook
Good morning everyone I just received an update on the 2019 RHS Yearbook. It will not be published until December. They also believe the pricing should remain about the same…
Last call for 25 Daffodils List
There are still a few days to send in your list of “Which daffodils I would grow if I could only have 25 varieties”. This is a project related to…
Carters Daffodils 2019 list is now available
Welcome to Carter’s Daffodils – 2019 My growing philosophy is to create healthy new varieties for show and garden. A bit of history 2008-2009 – Made seeds by hybridizing but…
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