Planting Under Trees - Part 3
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» Marge_Talt - Clay, I had a feeling you were growing more sophisticated plant
Clay, I had a feeling you were growing more sophisticated plants than I am. What I want is tough guys who will bloom well for me in spring and put up with total neglect :-) If they're at all fussy, they simply won't make it in my garden.One that I do love is the Hoop and Petticoat (can't think of the botanical name right now), which I finally got to grow happily in almost pure sand between a flagstone and the edge of a border! And I'm also quite fond of the miniature narcissus. One I have (again the name escapes my brain) has a swept-back perianth and reminds me of a cyclamen.
Fair's fair...you can wife bash if yours has feet that grow when confronted by plants or hacks out your prize children in feigned ignorance :-)
Marge
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» Daffyclay - Marge, In Potomac is a "Rock Garden Club," that you may want
Marge,In Potomac is a "Rock Garden Club," that you may want to get to know about.
You're also invited to join the Washington Daffodil Society. Our show will be next April at the Brookside Gardens in Kensington, MD., and we will have a fall meeting and bulb exchanges as well.
HoopPetticoat is bulbacodium and has been reclassified as Division 10 of the Narcissus, or daffodil this year 1998. There are miniature cyclamen daffodils. However, the cyclamens are not that large to start with. I grow a few miniatures, however, the standards are my favorites.
By the way, in April each year, I hold open gardens and would love to have you tour my daffodils.
As for husband/wife bashing, my wife only puts her horse tack down on my prize Rapture 6Y-Y daffodils, and does the damage with leather, and without the feet.
Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils
claydlp@juno.com
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» Marge_Talt - Hi Clay, Are you, perchance, thinking about the Potomac Valle
Hi Clay,Are you, perchance, thinking about the Potomac Valley Chapte of NARGS? If so, I'm a member. Or is there another one?
Thank you for the invitation to join the Daffodil Society. Do you have the particulars?
Ah, yes, bulbacodium! I *knew* that, just could not drag it out of what passes for my brain these days. I think it is truly charming and one that is a bit particular, tho' I understand it does well in grass. It languished in my basic clay borders until it was almost gone and, in desperation, I stuck it in this crack in sand, where it seems quite happy and blooms every year. How I will ever get to it to divide it without having to lift the flagstone, I do not know.
I'm not really familiar with the newest hybrid daffs. I'm sure most are lovely plants. I have found, though, that of late years I get fonder and fonder of the minis and one color varieties. I've got some with a dark "eye" and have decided I just don't care for the contrast as much as the single color. That said, I really haven't met one I don't like!
Have they developed one that is a true, non-fading pink yet? The ones I have that were supposed to have a pink corona are stretching the imagination...but these were bought years ago. I haven't gotten any new ones for nearly ten years for lack of place to put them. What I do have should all have been divided years ago :-)
I would totally love to tour your daffodils! Can you give me a heads up next year when you set the date?
Ack! Horse tack dumped on prize daffs! And you haven't murdered her? :-) You are a paragon of virtue!
Marge
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» Daffyclay - Marge, Yes, its the Potomac Valley Chapte of NARGS. You are
Marge,Yes, its the Potomac Valley Chapte of NARGS. You are ahead of me.
The Washington Daffodil Society is $12.00 a year, and after you join, you will get all the announcements and the invitations for meetings, which includes the annual fall bulb exchange.
Contact Mary Anne Barton, who lives in Reston, VA., or some place like that. She's the chairperson, and is herself a darling of a person and she will get you the applications and stuff like that. Mary Anne can be reached at WBILL@BELLATLANTIC.NET or Clay's Daffodils
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» Daffyclay - Marge. That last post didn't come out right. It's the third ti
Marge. That last post didn't come out right. It's the third time I wrote it, and it twice it blanked itself, now it cut off the message. I will continue the original message below.Mary Anne Barton can be reached at Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils
claydlp@juno.com
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» Daffyclay - Marge, I'm going to have to give this up. Somehow, it will n
Marge,I'm going to have to give this up. Somehow, it will not let me post. I'll try again later today. However, I will be going to Albequerque, NM., tonight and will not be back for a week.
Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils
claydlp@juno.com
-- posted by Daffyclay
» Daffyclay - Marge, Really sorry that my postings are not coming through.
Marge,Really sorry that my postings are not coming through. I was trying to answer some of the questions you posted to me and the message is cutting off and only giving me a few lines of what I write.
I notice that I did get Mary Anne Barton's email address correct. Mary Anne is the president of the Washington Daffodil Society, a darling of a person, and can send you the applications. It's, I think, the grand sum of $12.00 a year. After you join, you'll get the newsletter, and all the meeting notices and invitations, including the annual Daffodil Show. The bulb exchange this fall may be of interest to you.
I was on the Washington Daffodil Society Board, but resigned and put my non-daffodil wife on the board. She can handle the meow mix better than I can.
Pink Daffodils are still not the greatest, however the hybridizers are still working on them. I'm really not a hybridizer, I'm a grower and shower. My hybridization is when I don't have time to deadhead and seed sets. I will plant the seed to see what comes of it.
I will most definitely give you a heads up on my daffodil tour next year. Ballpark time for April. The exact date will depend on when the flowers bloom.
As for the murder in my heart when my Rapture daffodils were dumped on with horse tack a couple of days before the show. No, not really, there are too many benefits from having a good wife. I just grin and say, "yes dear."
Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils
claydlp@juno.com
-- posted by Daffyclay
» Marge_Talt - Clay, Sorry you had such a hard time posting! The gremlins t
Clay,Sorry you had such a hard time posting! The gremlins that live in the net have done that to me a couple of times. It's particularly trying after one has spent a lot of time formatting a long, detailed reply, having it disappear into cyberspace!
Thanks for Mary Ann Barton's email - I will write to her for the particulars.
Interesting about the pink daffodils. It seems as hard as getting a pure white Zinnia or a blue rose!
Do, please remember me next spring when the daffodils bloom.
Well, you show much more restraint than I do! When my NGP massacres some pet, (no matter how I really do love the man) he gets - usually at high volumn setting - the full benefit of my thoughts on the matter, and, generally, at considerable length :-) I still say you are a paragon amongst spouses and especially considering that these were meant for a show! Your wife does not know how lucky she is :-)
Marge
Gardening in
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-- posted by Marge_Talt
» Daffyclay - Marge, I tried to post here three times on Friday and finally
Marge,I tried to post here three times on Friday and finally gave up.
The deer was definitely not "Bambi" but his father. An infamous 10 point buck that loves to come up on peoples porches to nibble on potted plants. Yes, a real gourmet dinner. The white fragrant hosta he got from me are within five feet of our kitchen door.
Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils
claydlp@juno.com
-- posted by Daffyclay
» Marge_Talt - Clay, Once again, sorry you're having trouble posting. T
Clay,Once again, sorry you're having trouble posting.
That buck sounds awesome! And, he probably knows very well that hunting is illegal where he's living.
I have my resident herd come within a few feet of the house, too, but they seem to stay off the covered walk way - so far. Really depends on how hungry they are, I think.
I have only seen one buck - and not with 10 points! Do be careful with that one...I've heard tell where they will attack, especially during rutting season.
Fencing does sound in order for you!!
Marge
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