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DaffSeek description - '5-12 fls/stem; perianth segments roundish, brilliant yellow-green, plane; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, very slightly darker in tone than perianth segments, shading to strong yellow-green at base, mouth straight and even, with rim entire' (11-2-13).
Both seed and pollen fertile.
Up to 10 plus florets per head.
Sister seedling to 'Lima's Green Love'.
At time of this posting, this cultivar is listed on a European site for 96 dollars each (most I've noted in recent history).
An autumn flowering daffodil.

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One of the more expensive daffodils noted in the DB. This one sells for 40 dollars each in Europe (2013). Bred in America by H Koopowitz.

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DaffSeek description -'Fls. 27mm diameter; 2-3 fls/stem; star-shaped; perianth segments 12mm long, lanceolate, yellow-green, spreading, smooth; 2mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, yellow-green corona, mouth expanded, even and lobed; strongly scented.'
DaffSeek 11-1-13
Strongly scented. Up to 4 fl. per stem. Dwarf. Blooms Nov / Dec, considered very free flowering; good multiplier. Requires dry and hot conditions during dormant stage.
A grower 'across the pond' charges 44 dollars each for this rare miniature daffodil. (11-1-13)

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‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk describes this cultivat thusly -'Fl. large; perianth segments broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, blunt, prominently mucronate, a little reflexed, pure white, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy; corona disc-shaped, broad, loosely ribbed, greenish creamy white, with lemon yellow at rim, mouth closely ribbed and frilled, rim irregularly notched.'

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DaffSeek says -'According to Jan deGraaff's Record book of the 1951 descriptions of flowers then being grown at Oregon Bulb Farm: “3 inch diameter; a dainty white starry perianth backs up a small cup having a pastel yellow base which gradually becomes pink towards the rim which is deep pink.” '
11-1-13

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Cryptic note from The International Daffodil Register & Classified List - 'Was "absorbed" into `Guinever' '.www.rhs.org.uk

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DaffSeek describes said cultivar thusly - 'Fl. 105 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls successively slightly shorter, very broad, somewhat truncate, only very slightly mucronate, very deeply overlapping; the outer whorl reflexed, plane, with margins slightly incurled; the second whorl more nearly spreading, with margins incurved, sometimes loosely folded along midrib; the center whorl inflexed, with margins tightly infolded, sometimes twisted; corona segments half the length of the petaloid segments, opposite and interspersed among them, pink.' DaffSeek 11-1-13

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A very strong plant, reliable and pest-free. I've had it for 4 years and it is still going strong, though it is planted in a container in the same soil. Blooms for months in a row. Mine only gets 3 hours of sun in summer.

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The white, non-sweet, parsnip-like root is good in soups and stews or cooked alone. Has an oyster-like flavor.

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DaffSeek description -'Perianth segments very broadly ovate, mucronate, spreading, a little concave, with margins slightly incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, square-shouldered at base, a little inflexed; corona flared, lightly ribbed, tinged salmon pink, flushed yellow at base, mouth lobed, split in places and overlapping, loosely frilled, with rim minutely crenate.' (11-1-13)

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Although it will tolerate full shade, Strawberry Bush fruits best grown in light shade. It is susceptible to Euonymus scale and has a high water requirement.

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Winner of the 2013 Wister Award from ADS. Well deserved. The Wister is awarded for garden performance and show quality. Good growers, many bloom stalks, and tremendous performance under various climatic situations are part of the qualifying criteria.

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Breeder is from Nashville, Il. Most of his work was accomplished in the 1960's and 70's. Several of his creations are in the RHS list, also noted by the ADS.

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Said to resemble a larger and earlier-flowered 'Garden Princess', the seed parent.

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Mildly sweet, slightly tart, thick walls. This tomato was not very productive for me (Pacific NW). I also have a difficult time determining when green skinned tomatoes are ripe, and they tend to get hidden in the foliage.

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Good information on habit and cultivation of I. tridentata: Observations on Habit, Ecology, and Cultivation of the Savannah Iris, Iris tridentata.

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This is a very strong pungent form of wormwood, used in the making of absinthe. Absinthe spirits were banned in the U.S. and much of Europe in the early 1900s due to their reputedly addictive psychoactive properties. These properties were later found to be exaggerated. A traditional way to prepare absinthe is to place a sugar cube on a slotted spoon over a measure of absinthe, and to pour ice water over the sugar to your taste.

This is one of the more rangy forms of artemisia. Mine grew well over 6' tall in a loose vase form and would have liked about 6' diameter to sprawl. I didn't give it this much thought and it was crowded looking. It would be a very nice background statement in a larger bed, soft greyish leaves.

It did not over-winter for me. I tend to struggle with anything in the artemisia family, I think they like a more alkaline soil and I live in a pretty acidic region.

Listed as a noxious invasive in Washington, Colorado, and North Dakota, so plant responsibly.

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Despite the data on the label (either HD or Lowe's) saying this Peaches 'n Cream grows to 18 inches, mine is at 6'.

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Mine has gotten large over the years. About early to mid April it bursts out in full bloom. Covered in small while to pinkish white flowers. Unfortunately those flowers only last a few days till they drop. Still, very pretty in full bloom.

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Rather an unkempt shrub most of the year, so I am always cutting back wayward branches, but Forsythia is worth the extra trouble. In spring, nothing can beat all of those cheery yellow blooms.

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