Getting color into the perianths of the miniature daffodils is as difficult as getting color into the perianths of standard flowers, but it is not impossible. It turns out that…
2019 Murphys Daffodil Show, March 9-10
Weather was a factor – a significant one! Ironstone Vineyards, the Show location, was near the snowline on Friday evening! Still, this didn’t deter our basic group of exhibitors –…
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As Bob Spots pointed out our daffodil Season was close to its peak for the early Livermore show. Often in January we have a hot spell but that was not…
2019 Livermore CA Daffodil Show
The California daffodil show season began with the Livermore Daffodil Show on March 2-3, 2019. The advance weather was positive for blooms, having periods of light rain and mild winds,…
2019 Livermore Show – Miniature Daffodil Awards
Here are the winners of the ADS awards for miniatures. The Miniature Gold Ribbon is for the best miniature daffodil in the show excluding the Container-Grown section. The winner was…
2019 Livermore Show – Standard Daffodil Awards
The 2019 Livermore daffodil show was March 2 & 3 at Alden Lane Nursery. Winter started out mild before turning cold in February, followed by wind and rain. Bloom time…
Bulbs of N. cavanillesii
These pictures were made yesterday near Conil de la Frontera (Southern Spain). The soil is extremely dry. I needed a big hammer and a bit to dig out the bulbs.…
Tazettas by Bill Welch
I wanted to share the many wonderful tazettas supplied by Bill Welch in California, like him my favorite division is 8 and the division I mostly hybridize in. I have…
Summer census
By the end of summer 7 tazetta varieties have flowered: – two 8Y-O, one 8W-Y and four 8W-O. The first, 14_05T is quite nice. It still has a few florets…
Brook’s Bears; 8Y-O
Thank you Bob Spotts! It blooms with abandonment for me. Bob always said the cup color reminded him of my daughter, Brooke’s hair color. She came with me for an…
Fred Silcock’s Pride and Glory
A “tradition” of the Kyneton Daffodil Show, a “must-see” for those with a hunger for innovative breeding was a display, usually of five vases of Fred Silcock’s seedlings. Here are…
N. italicus Blooming in GA
Prior to the late John Lipscomb’s property being sold, Georgia Daffodil Society members were invited to come dig. And we did! This clump of N. italicus sat for 3 years,…
Daffodils around homesteads
Good morning all This question sounded like something many of you would want to discuss. frank From: Laura Smith Subject: Daffodils at Chickamauga Battlefield Message Body: I visited Chickamauga Battlefield…
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