tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54914225806413185232024-03-04T21:12:56.967-08:00Greater St Louis Daffodil SocietyGreater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-57913411452193977552022-02-14T10:34:00.001-08:002022-02-17T05:13:44.128-08:00Remembering our Daffodil Friend and Mentor <h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Dave Niswonger remembered as hospital leader, renowned iris, daylily, and daffodil breeder.</i></h3><p></p><p><b>O. D. (Dave) Niswonger (1925 – 2022)</b></p><p>By Jim Morris with input from Charles Pickett and Jason Delaney<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvSxAT7Azfx01fK05nxPY-rF2mArs3wFWBmMmgXrzujuR9FUnuyRTfvbl5vN3S75-u4nHmsTybs7QJ3LR1sGcGXfOyhIzmCN64_-Qk-6zoEoiJwp1DJiikYmNXY9XuRC-6LaYtL5rPn3sCwQ6jnhiCfi8gnSLWUD4dVLJ94Oqz76wUf_38yjKTXuyG=s4032" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvSxAT7Azfx01fK05nxPY-rF2mArs3wFWBmMmgXrzujuR9FUnuyRTfvbl5vN3S75-u4nHmsTybs7QJ3LR1sGcGXfOyhIzmCN64_-Qk-6zoEoiJwp1DJiikYmNXY9XuRC-6LaYtL5rPn3sCwQ6jnhiCfi8gnSLWUD4dVLJ94Oqz76wUf_38yjKTXuyG=w208-h277" width="208" /></a></div>Dave Niswonger, 96, passed away February 2, 2022 of natural causes surrounded by his family at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I knew Dave for over 60 years and he more than fit the description of a great person. He intended to impress no one and impressed everyone.<br /><br />The “son of a preacher man,” Dave was born December 6, 1925 at Patton, Missouri, on his grandparents’ farm. His father was a Methodist minister, and the family moved all over central and southeast Missouri in Dave’s youth. His interest in gardening was stirred by helping his grandparents raise chickens, onion sets, sweet potatoes, etc. He began raising his own tomatoes at age six, and by age twelve he had “branched out” to grafting cherry, walnut and pecan trees. The stately English walnuts and pecans which grace his property today are a testament to his years of work. Perhaps this is where he developed the patience to wait the required five to seven years to see his daffodils bloom from seed.<br /><br />Prior to WWII Dave began pre-med training at age 16 at Central Methodist University. Two years later he was a medical corpsman in the U. S. Navy stationed at a hospital in New York state. After the war he returned to Missouri, attended and graduated from South East Missouri State University (SEMO) with a BS in Biology and a minor in chemistry. He began employment for the Missouri Division of Health as a County Sanitarian inspecting milk dairies for adherence to state sanitation requirements. <br /><br />He applied for and was awarded a scholarship to the University of North Carolina where he received his MS in Public Health. Later he worked for the American Heart Association (AHA) as a regional consultant over 25 Missouri counties. Next, because of his medical background of working with cardiac doctors in the AHA, Dave joined the <a href="https://www.sehealth.org/" target="_blank">SEMO Hospital in Cape Girardeau</a>. He was the hospital administrator there for 30 years, retiring in 1991. His stellar career at the hospital included building an open-heart surgery program. When he retired the hospital’s leadership created the O. D. Niswonger Spirit of Southeast Award in his honor. Karen Hendrickson served as chief nursing officer during Niswonger’s tenure, working alongside him for more than two decades. She said the Spirit of Southeast Award resonated within the hospital community.<br /><br />“That became a very coveted award, and when people were deemed worthy of receiving it, it was one of the highest honors any employee would receive,” said Hendrickson. “It didn’t matter if you were a physician, a housekeeper, a nurse, someone who worked in the support services – anyone was eligible to receive that award, and they accepted it with great pride.”<br /><br />A past president of the <a href="https://www.irises.org/" target="_blank">American Iris Society</a> (1996-1998), Dave is noteworthy for receiving two Dykes Medals (the highest award in iris hybridizing), and the premier award from the British Iris Society, the Sir Michael Foster Memorial Plaque in 2000. He won many other awards for his iris hybridizing and was internationally known as “Missouri’s Mr. Hybridizer.” His decade’s long hobby enriched his life. “I’ve developed a lot of friendships around the world while developing iris,” he said. “This iris has gone a long way from when they were discovered as wild flags in the mountains of Europe. They are now 25 to 30 generations away from the original species, and friendships in the United States, Russia, Germany and many other countries have been cemented because of them.”<br /><br />Niswonger focused many of his efforts on creating specifically colored flowers and giving many of them names of good things to eat. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaWSpWpFBcPzS7_G5e_ZhAcH6mDBRsQKuYFgLYNHgfPpUFSAts7VMeTn40xmuKKdRdjU0QS8zq_WHSjpZ4l3iFAeug59mGZKg1wcBU1DPXh93eB8GbUJQOA-vSw1TywQwJFMOz1ZOIcWyGJYDrFn83v_r9J7nbcHGGgBo6uV6oGq2KhJR3uj3kBMf_=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="900" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaWSpWpFBcPzS7_G5e_ZhAcH6mDBRsQKuYFgLYNHgfPpUFSAts7VMeTn40xmuKKdRdjU0QS8zq_WHSjpZ4l3iFAeug59mGZKg1wcBU1DPXh93eB8GbUJQOA-vSw1TywQwJFMOz1ZOIcWyGJYDrFn83v_r9J7nbcHGGgBo6uV6oGq2KhJR3uj3kBMf_=w400-h330" width="400" /></a></div><br />Encouraged by wife Marie’s love of daffodils – and with advice from his long-time friend and fellow hybridizer Sid DuBose, and daffodil giant Grant Mitsch – Dave began hybridizing daffodils in the late 1970s, with his ultimate goal being a brilliant yellow-pink daffodil that would perform in the Midwest, manifesting the same richness of color and plant stamina found in cultivars originating in the Pacific Northwest – many of which often failed to withstand our climate extremes. Though this goal was not fully realized, the byproducts of such endeavors created a wealth of truly “weatherproof” decorative large-cupped daffodils with stamina, colors, and ruffles to spare, predominately pinks, and always “favorites of the ladies.” <p></p><p>His large-cupped pink daffodils are flamboyant and die-hard exhibitors and even many breeders of exhibition daffodils have overlooked Dave’s hybridizing work. While his <i>‘Traveling On’</i> (2000, 2YYW-WWO) is probably his best exhibition daffodil, the bouquet of pinks shown here in the photo are stunning in the garden. He used a Mitsch seedling #7 in the beginning along with ‘Ice Follies’ (1953, 2W-W), notably an older variety although a Classic and Wister Award winner. Every true gardener who grows any of his daffodils immediately notices Dave’s fine contribution to the daffodil world through his vigorous clumps of varieties that perennialize beautifully, returning year after year. And for those who like ruffles, hooks, knobs, teeth and flecks – akin to those found on modern daylilies, another of Dave’s hybridizing successes – his early work with ‘Ice Follies’ unlocked some of the “toothiest” genetics yet seen, manifesting ruffles like barracuda or shark’s teeth on corona edges in the second and third generations, all on plants with the same vigor and robustness of ‘Ice Follies’. Dave’s ‘Dangerous Dentures’ (2011, 2W-Y) and a seedling, under the moniker “With Teeth,” are a testament to the success of a plant breeder who paves his own path. In total Dave registered 30 daffodils from 1993 to 2018, and several more are being bulked for future introduction. His daffodil seedlings are now being grown by Jason Delaney in Flora, Illinois.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijwnI-eQBE57PIW9cqkns3JrDm-ZQZ46Sn0SK8FPGBD5g2gn5oeYA_8TCBFvED2pPqjz1OJCTxYaB_W7noVIC1DegOmqMYbDwUWuGBBSejHgZe50PaI3AdCmoxJspEiQOE5ZOqa99u6g2XhEHl8m7zQbvAjBAKeR9ns8m3i4iM-gYGIs7TYRmgTZ8c=s824" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijwnI-eQBE57PIW9cqkns3JrDm-ZQZ46Sn0SK8FPGBD5g2gn5oeYA_8TCBFvED2pPqjz1OJCTxYaB_W7noVIC1DegOmqMYbDwUWuGBBSejHgZe50PaI3AdCmoxJspEiQOE5ZOqa99u6g2XhEHl8m7zQbvAjBAKeR9ns8m3i4iM-gYGIs7TYRmgTZ8c=s320" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Dave and his late wife Marie had two sons, David III and John, and a daughter Mary Dee. They were at his side when he passed. Dave’s good nature and hearty encouragement will be missed by many. Yet he will always be remembered each spring when his flowers bloom. Our gardens are all the richer thanks to Dave Niswonger’s many fine accomplishments.<br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-22494942788885061582020-01-05T14:38:00.000-08:002020-01-05T14:39:57.692-08:00Trees and more trees!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trees have public health and social benefits, environmental benefits, and economic benefits in communities and business districts. Join us on Sunday, February 23, in the CBEC Building, at 1:30pm when Mike Rood from Pea Ridge Forest tells us about <b>'Trees and more trees'</b>!<br />
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Mike Rood is president and co-owner of <a href="https://www.pearidgeforest.com/" target="_blank">Pea Ridge Forest</a>, a wholesale tree nursery and Christmas tree farm, in Hermann, Missouri. He came home from college at the University of Missouri-Columbia armed with his degree and a vision to begin the evolution of Pea Ridge. Mike availed himself of every educational opportunity that came along. As the in-house arborist, he is the consummate tree geek and salesman. Mike has never met a stranger, and because of this, he thrives when handling the business interactions of the farm.<br />
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Members of the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society are thrilled that Mike has found time in his busy schedule to address Trees, one of the most important resources on planet earth.<br />
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<b>Biography for Mike Rood<br />February 2020 Speaker</b><br />
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Mike Rood is president and co-owner of Pea Ridge Forest. He came home from college at the University of Missouri-Columbia armed with his degree and a vision to begin the evolution of Pea Ridge. Mike availed himself of every educational opportunity that came along. As the in-house arborist, he is the consummate tree geek and salesman. Mike has never met a stranger, and because of this, he thrives when handling the business interactions of the farm.<br />
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Pea Ridge Forest is a family owned and operated tree farm. Growing quality trees has always been their mission, whether its Christmas trees from their choose and cut operation or balled and burlapped trees for their wholesale nursery. Pride in their work has been the cornerstone of the business. As such, Pea Ridge Forest has remained a source of quality trees since 1972.<br />
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Nestled in the hills along the Missouri River in eastern Missouri, Pea Ridge Forest started as a Christmas tree farm when Myron Gwinner, the previous owner, planted the first trees in 1955. Naive and overly optimistic about what it takes to produce quality trees, LeRoy and Mary Rood bought the farm, literally, in 1972 and subsequently fell in love with the place. LeRoy and Mary instilled their love for the land and their work in their sons, Mike and Scott. Pea Ridge Forest is now a family run business with a shared business philosophy, strong work ethic and commitment to quality trees.<br />
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Learn more about Pea Ridge Forest on their extensive website at<br />
<a href="https://www.pearidgeforest.com/" target="_blank">https://www.pearidgeforest.com/</a>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-81460208592488193852019-05-16T14:34:00.000-07:002019-05-16T14:38:42.926-07:00New Miniature and Standard Daffodils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join us on July 21, 2019 when our good friend Larry Force tells us about his experiences hybridizing new miniature and standard daffodils!<br />
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GSLDS members know Larry from his interest in the Shaw Nature Reserve Poeticus daffodils and he has also been on several Daffodil Digs with us. Larry is a nationally known speaker and grows his miniature and standard daffodils at his home in Mississippi. He has won many ADS ribbons around the country through the years, but is always trying to do better with each entry.<br />
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In his presentation Larry will expand on his talk given during the 2016 World Daffodil Convention. His presentation will focus on the miniature and standard daffodils that have evolved from his hybridizing efforts, as well as a few photos of his seedlings and daffodil bed preparation.<br />
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Be sure to mark your calendars and invite your friends. Larry is never boring and has learned through trial and error the things that all of us as daffodil growers should learn before making them ourselves.<br />
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<b>Biography for Larry Force<br />July 2019 Speaker</b><br />
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Larry has had a long time interest in horticulture that covers gardening annuals, perennials, hostas, lilies, native trees and wildflowers. He grows a number of host and nectar plants for native butterflies, nectar producing plants, as well as providing feeders for the hummingbirds in the summer. <br />
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Larry became more interested in daffodils after attending a program at the Memphis Horticulture Society given by Brent Heath. He joined the American Daffodil Society soon after and began to grow more daffodils. His interest in miniature daffodils grew through an acquaintance with Martha Anderson, a long time grower and exhibitor of miniatures. Larry began hybridizing in 2000 because few new and different miniatures were available from commercial sources. Larry also does intermediate, standard, and poet daffodil hybridizing. <br />
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Members of the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society are thrilled that Larry has found time in his schedule to help us learn from his experiences while hybridizing and growing daffodils.<br />
<br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-54930596321666882302019-01-12T10:14:00.000-08:002019-02-11T10:58:28.855-08:00Orchids: Lore and Legend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Orchids are one of the largest families of plant families comprising over 30,000 species found from the equator to both poles. Tales of the magic and beauty of orchids have found their way through history from Confucius through Greek and Roman mythology. Wealthy Europeans from the 17th through 19th centuries paid fortunes for exotic tropical specimens.<br />
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Join us on February 24, at 1:30pm, when Carol Gravens, Advanced Level Master Gardener, will address the role that Orchids have played in history and the beauty they have brought us for centuries.<br />
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<b>Biography for Carol Gravens</b><br />
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Carol Gravens will be our February 2019 guest speaker and will give a program entitled Orchids: Lore and Legend.<br />
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Carol Gravens gives talks and teaches classes on orchids to various groups in the community and at the Missouri Botanical Garden as part of the Master Gardener Speakers' Bureau. She volunteers one day a week in the orchid greenhouses at the Garden and grows orchids at her home in Glendale, Missouri. She also is a Kemper Center Plant Doctor volunteer. She loves everything about horticulture and has a passion for orchids.<br />
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Ms. Gravens, retired from a professional career as a microbiologist, and is currently an Advanced Level St. Louis Master Gardener. She became a Master Naturalist in 2007 and has an AAS in Horticulture from St Louis Community College, Meramec.Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-61411521075146293822018-06-18T11:39:00.000-07:002018-06-18T11:39:13.765-07:00Memories from Oregon and New Iris Introductions<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Join us on July 15 at 1:30pm, when our good friend Bob Skaggs tells us about his memories from the 2018 National Iris Convention held in Oregon and photos of new Iris introductions in his garden!<br />
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In his presentation Bob will show us the exciting Sights and Iris he encountered at the 2018 National Iris Convention in Oregon. He will also focus on the new iris introductions currently growing in his garden and the direction for his hybridizing program.<br />
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There will be plenty of time for questions and answers so be sure to mark your calendars and invite your friends. Bob always has wonderful photos and delivers tremendous presentations. We are delighted to see what he is working on and what is on the horizon for his Iris.<br />
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Bob & Judy Skaggs grow over 600 varieties of daffodils, but Bob’s true passion are irises. Bob has been hybridizing iris for 12 years. In their garden they presently grow 1,300 named iris varieties, and plant over 3,000 iris seedlings each year from their own hybridizing efforts. Bob has currently introduced 3 Iris cultivars, ‘Marilyn’s Skirt’, ‘Golden Snitches’ and ‘Judy’s Smile’.<br />
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Bob has generously donated his new iris introductions to our annual Daffodil Bulb Exchange auction, and they have been highly sought after by our membership. Bob & Judy’s garden was on the 2015 Iris Region 18 Convention tour and Bob grew over 100 guest plants for that event from hybridizers throughout the states. Bob and Judy grow approximately 1,000 named daylilies and also hybridizes daylilies.<br />
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Members of the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society are thrilled that Bob has found time for a presentation about his memories from the 2018 National Iris Convention held in Oregon and photos of new iris introductions from his garden.Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-41958724343929630122018-03-06T08:22:00.000-08:002018-03-06T08:22:07.274-08:00Enriching the Gerald Community with Daffodils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On March 03, 2018 the MoDOT Growing Together project update took place just outside the community of Gerald, MO where we continue to plant daffodil bulbs along the highway’s right-of-way. Our long-range goal is to fully plant the right-of-way to greet travelers with drifts of spring-flowering daffodils as they enter the community of Gerald.<br />
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The daffodil bulbs were donated by Dr. John Reed of Oakwood Daffodils of Niles, MI and the Greater St.Louis Daffodil Society. Sponsors and support came from the Gasconade County Master Gardeners, the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society, and Gerald’s Boy Scout troop.<br />
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In total, nine energetic volunteers planted the bulbs on a bright and sunny day, which made for a pleasant event.
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The Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society’s by-laws require community outreach, and this project provided a perfect opportunity. The Gasconade Master Gardeners, also have a yearly requirement for community outreach; those attending were able to earn some quality service hours for their effort.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be sure to visit the site this spring, to see all of the color, and each spring thereafter.</span><br />
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<br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-40043946498562586102018-01-25T10:44:00.000-08:002018-01-25T10:57:53.217-08:00Bees - Natural Pollination<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Insect pollinators are needed for the reproduction of many flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Bees are just one of the many animal pollinators found in nature, but they play in important role. Each of us depends on pollinators in a practical way to provide us with the wide range of foods we eat.<br />
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Pollinators are part of the intricate web that supports the biological diversity in natural ecosystems that helps sustain our quality of life. Abundant and healthy populations of pollinators can improve fruit set and quality, and increase fruit size. In the wild, biodiversity increases and wildlife food sources increase.<br />
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Join members of the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society on February 25, at 1:30pm, when Peter McAdams will address the important role that Bees play in nature, and how you can attract bees to the flowering plants in your garden.<br />
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Peter and Jan McAdams have been Beekeeper's for a number of years and are the owners of McAdams Apiary, located in Brighton, IL. Their bees produce, and they sell local honey bottled or comb. They build and sell many styles and sizes of Observation Bee Hives, and regular hives assembled with or without bees. They are also a nationally known Apitherapy location using honey bee products and Bee Venom Therapy (BVT).<br />
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During Spring visit the McAdam's Daffodil Farm, an <a href="http://daffodilusa.org/about-ads/display-garden-program/approved-display-gardens/" target="_blank">American Daffodil Society Display Garden</a>, to view the thousands of daffodils throughout their property. In Summer, they specialize in vine ripened home grown tomatoes, sweet peppers, and many varities of hot peppers. They are known for the many varieties that they grow.<br />
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<br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-29180398646048625192016-02-05T10:29:00.001-08:002016-02-05T10:31:41.569-08:00Join us at the 2016 World Daffodil Convention!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Greater St Louis Daffodil Society extends an invitation for you to join us in St Louis, Missouri, USA from 06-10 April for the 10th World Daffodil Convention. This is an international event that is held every four years to bring together daffodil enthusiasts from around the world. Every sixteen years the American Daffodil Society has the honor of hosting the prestigious World Daffodil Convention. This convention is an opportunity to make new friends and renew old friendships among the worldwide daffodil community. <br />
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The 2016 World Daffodil Convention will be held at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, which offers complimentary shuttle service to and from Lambert International Airport, as well as complimentary free covered and uncovered parking facilities. The hotel has newly renovated rooms, excellent meeting and exhibit facilities, and a commitment to first-class service. <br />
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Registration, hotel reservations, and more can be found on our <b><a href="http://stldaffodilclub.org/wdc2016/" target="_blank">Convention website</a></b>. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Lynn Slackman, <br />2016 World Daffodil Convention Chairperson </i></span>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-221931575417017012015-04-29T16:51:00.000-07:002015-04-29T16:54:20.462-07:00April Daffodils!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earlier this month, the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society hosted their annual show at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Exhibitors entered daffodils in the horticulture, design and photography classes.<br />
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Winning entries from local exhibitors include Brenda VanBooven with her National Classic winning entry of ‘Broomhill’. The classics comprise daffodils registered with the Royal Horticulture Society and the American Daffodil Society between the years of 1940-1969. <br />
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In the youth division, Breckyn Koeller won the best Youth bloom in the horticulture division with ‘Maria” and the Purple Ribbon Sweepstakes in the Youth Design. Macy Bader, a seasoned exhibitor, winning the Best Youth Horticulture and Best Youth Design last year, won a red ribbon this year with her design themed “Animal Shot”.<br />
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Cindy Haeffner won the Gold Ribbon for the best standard bloom of the show with ‘Elegant Touch’. This bloom was selected from the ‘Red,White and Blue’ 5 stem collection, also selected as the best 5 stem collection of the show. This class must be 5 daffodils hybridized in the USA. For information on everything daffodils and more visit: <a href="http://www.stldaffodilclub.org/">www.stldaffodilclub.org</a> Entries for the show is open to the public and welcomed. <br />
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The Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society focuses on youth, the future of gardening. Macy Bader and Breckyn Koeller spray painted recycled plastic containers for young children to make daffodil bouquets while visiting the show at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This very popular activity is directed by the Youth Chairman, Jason Delaney, member of the Society, and also Missouri Botanical Garden North Gardens Bulb Specialist. The bouquets are very special for the children visiting and free of charge. <br />
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Every 4 years, the World Daffodil Convention is held. It rotates from USA, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. In 2012 the World Convention was held in Dunedin, New Zealand and next year the 2016 World Daffodil Convention will be held in St. Louis, MO, at the Westport Sheraton Hotel, April 6-10, 2016.<br />
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Tours will include a trip to Joy and Cindy Haeffner’s farm to see the collection of daffodils.. While in Hermann, the group will have a chance to visit shops & take in the German hospitality at the Heramnnhof Festhalle, along with entertainment by the Loehnig German Band. For information visit: <a href="http://wdc2016.stldaffodilclub.org/">WDC2016.StlDaffodilClub.org</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Cindy Haeffner, President, Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society</i></span>
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On December 07, 2014 the second installation for MODOT’s Growing Together project took place just outside the community of Gerald, MO where approximately 2,500 daffodil bulbs were planted along the highway’s right-of-way.<br />
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In total, eighteen energetic volunteers planted the bulbs on a gloomy, cloudy day, only visited by the sun briefly, but the mood of the group was bright.<br />
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The Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society’s by-laws require community outreach, and this project provided a perfect opportunity. The Gasconade Master Gardeners, too, have a yearly requirement for community outreach; those attending were able to earn some quality service hours for their effort.<br />
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The long-range goal is to fully plant the right-of-way to greet travelers with drifts of spring-flowering daffodils as they enter the community of Gerald.<br />
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Initially, the daffodil flowering will appear sparse, but as the bulbs settle in they will greatly increase.<br />
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The growth habit of daffodils requires a delayed mowing of this area, to enable the daffodil’s leaves to fully mature; by doing so, the bulbs will produce enough energy to form the next season’s flowers. Mowing should be delayed until after June 25 of each year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be sure to visit the site next spring, to see all of the color, and each spring thereafter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Cindy Haeffner, President, Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society<br />Member of Gasconade County Master Gardeners</i></span>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-22757609181887035272014-11-14T13:30:00.000-08:002014-11-14T13:32:41.168-08:00Planting hope...<br />
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November 10, 2014 blew in with sunny skies and windy warm breezes, along with 120 high school students, eager to plant thousands of daffodil bulbs!!! With shovels digging, bulbs being sent under the ground, and smiles from energetic youth, the day flew by quickly! The planting site is located directly across of the high school campus along Missouri Highway 19.<br />
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This was the setting for the “Growing Together” beautification planting site in Owensville, MO at the High School. Planting began in 2011, and has continued under the sponsorship of the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society, Gasconade County Master Gardener’s and Sherry Bryam’s horticulture students.<br />
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The Missouri Dept. of Transportation has a beautification program that fits the growing habits of daffodils. The highway department mows half of the right-of-way in early summer, so we plant on the other half, which is mowed in late summer, giving the bulbs time needed to restore energy.<br />
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During the winter, students may soon forget the day spent on that beautiful November day, but come spring, the daffodils blooming will bring them back to that day as a reminder of how easy it is to bring color into their world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who participated this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Cindy Haeffner, President, Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society<br />Member of Gasconade County Master Gardeners</i></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lilium </span>(members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, with prominent flowers. They have been around for hundreds of years, growing as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far south as the sub-tropics. There are native species that thrive in the North Eastern and Western portions of the US. Many species are also native to China and the Balkans.<br />
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Lilium bulbs are composed of fleshy scales, without a protective outer surface. So they need to be kept fresh and moist. In addition to the basal roots at the base of the bulbs, they also have stem roots. Both root systems supply food and stability to the plant.
Lilium flowers are varied in size, shape, and color, but always have 6 tepals (petals & sepals) and 6 anthers. <i> Lilium are never truly dormant, so they need to be treated as a living perennial.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are Lilium Edible?</span><br />
Lilium bulbs are starchy and edible as root vegetables, although bulbs of some species may be very bitter. The non-bitter bulbs (L. lancifolium) are grown on a large scale in China as a luxury or health food. Lily flowers are also said to be effective treatment for pulmonary (lungs) affections, and may have some tonic properties.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are Lilium Toxic?</span><br />
Asiatic hybrid, Easter, rubrum, Stargazer – <b>all are highly toxic to cats!</b> Even small ingestions (such as 2-3 petals or leaves) – even the pollen or water from the vase – can result in severe, acute kidney failure.
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Lilium <i>Regale</i> is a trumpet flowered lily, whose flowers form a 'highly scented' umbel at the top of its 4 to 5 foot sturdy stems.<br />
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<i>L. pardalinum</i>’ is one of the native California lilies that grow outside of its native environment. It has bright orange-red petals that are splashed with golden leopard spots. Its leaves form a whorl around each stem…similar to the Martagon and American Hybrid lilies.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Graceful Martagons:</span><br />
The specific term Martagon is a Turkish word which also means turban or cap. It has a widespread native region that extends from eastern France east through northern Asia to Mongolia and Korea.<br />
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Martagons have been cultivated for centuries. L. martagon was used in hybridizing with <i>L. hansonii </i>at the end of the 19th century by Mrs. RO Backhouse of Hereford, England.<br />
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Martagons have stem-rooting and they are 4 to 5 feet tall and have a wide range of flower colors; pinks, mauves, scarlet and wine reds as well as white, yellow and orange. The flowers are usually lightly scented, and numerous flowers are borne on each plant...sometimes between 40 to 60 flowers can be found on vigorous plants. Martagon lilies are very cold hardy and flourish as far north as the Arctic Circle.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Delightful Asiatics:</span><br />
Asiatic Lilium is by far one of the most popular, easiest to grow, and readily available lilies. They're very hardy, need no staking, and are not particularly fussy about soil, as long as it drains well. Well-drained soil is an absolute must! Asiatics can have Up-facing, Outfacing or Pendant flowers.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Dependable LA’s:</span><br />
These hardy and easy to grow hybrids are derived from crossing L. longiflorum (Easter Lily) and the more familiar Asiatics and add a wide splash of color between your Asiatic and Trumpet bloom times. They multiply well, and bulbs left undisturbed for several years can reach a large circumference. LA’s are perfectly at home in the Southern Garden, and also perfectly at home in the cold winter climates with the severe climate zones that thaw slowly in the spring and go directly into summer.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Lovely Trumpets:</span><br />
The lovely, trumpet-shaped flowers of this group of Lilies are borne on long, graceful and strong stems. Their intoxicating scent can perfume an entire garden and are often especially night-fragrant. The flowers generally bloom after Asiatic Lilies and before Oriental Lilies.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Magnificent Oriental Trumpets:</span><br />
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The last group of lilies to bloom in my garden is the magnificent Lilium of Oriental and Trumpet parentage. This hybrid inherited the best traits from both types of lilies. Orientals give them outstanding fragrance and a full range of beautiful color. Trumpets gave them the ability to withstand hot St. Louis summers and add height to the cultivar. The "OT” hybrids thrive in our St. Louis gardens.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Daffodils make great Companions for Lilium...</span><br />
It turns out that Lilium make good companion bulbs for daffodils. They like the same sort of soil composition, the daffodils act as a camouflage when the Lilium are just emerging from the ground, and they provide gorgeous blooms throughout the summer. So I was pretty happy with these newly found bulb companions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It starts with the soil…</span><br />
Lilium like to grow in soil that is filled with organic material and has good drainage. They need oxygen and nutrients in the soil to grow and survive. Adding Turface to the soil will add oxygen, monitor the moisture content, and reduce compaction.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water for the Lilium…</span><br />
During the growing season at MBG we add about one inch of water per week to the Lilium in the Bulb Garden. In my own garden I tend to water less than MBG, and do more concentrated watering where l can provide individual amounts of water for each group of Lilium.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Staking Lilium…</span><br />
Lilies with huge heads of blooms sometimes need staking. Tie the stems naturally and gracefully . . . don’t strangle them!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Digging Lilium...</span><br />
Lilies will usually thrive for years in the same spot, especially if well cared for. The clumps need to be lifted when many spindly short stems indicate crowding. Carefully pull them apart, and plant them elsewhere. If you must replant in the same spot, replace or reinforce the soil first with additional fertilizer and organic material.<b> </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mulching…</span><br />
Mulching is one way of conserving moisture in between watering and it keeps the soil cool and loose. (Cool Feet Hot Head!) Mulching also delays soil freezing and allows roots to continue growing longer. It insulates the soil against fluctuating temperatures, delaying the emergence of frost-tender shoots in spring.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Disease Prevention…</span><br />
Many of the troubles that beset lilies can be prevented by proper planting. Good drainage will forestall bulb rot; Good circulation of air will help eliminate fungus diseases and even infestations for aphids; Proper placement and mulching may prevent frost damage.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The right location for Lilium… </span><br />
Lilium, like other living cultivars, need the right location. At MBG the Lilium bulbs have been shared with other areas at the garden. As a result, some bulbs have thrived outside of the bulb garden, but fizzled-out in the bulb garden environment. Read about the characteristics of the Lilium you are planting and do your best to meet those requirements.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Try growing Lilium in your garden...</span><br />
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Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-73527807697115961482014-07-28T20:05:00.000-07:002014-07-28T20:14:21.187-07:00Review of - Roses in the River City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On July 20th, Dave Gunn, Missouri Botanical Garden’s Rosarian, presented <i>Roses in the River City</i>. Dave enlighten us with information about recent renovations and future plans of MBG’s rose gardens, complications with growing roses in the Midwest, and varieties old and new that will dispel the myth that roses are fussy. This article is a review of this presentation.<br />
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Roses have been around for close to 5000 years. They are reliable, bloom from spring to frost, and they are fragrant.<br />
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Over the years, people have experienced problems with growing and cultivating roses. Many problems occur because of the following issues;<br />
- Wrong Rose in Wrong Place<br />
- Obsession with showing only “Latest Roses” <br />
- Using too many chemicals<br />
- In the Midwest, we also have hot summers, cold winters, and high humidity to deal with.<br />
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What can we do?<br />
- Get the Right Rose for the Right Place<br />
- Use good horticultural practices<br />
- Don’t believe the Hype<br />
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Some of the fundamentals for cultivating roses;<br />
- Choose the right location for your rose<br />
- Buy a Healthy plant from a reputable seller<br />
- Use Healthy soil for your plant<br />
- Give your roses adequate water<br />
- Give your roses appropriate nutrients<br />
- Put a bit of work into your rose cultivation<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rose Rosette Disease</span><br />
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This disease is spread by eriophyid mites. Most eriophyid mites make their home on the surface of leaves where their feeding can cause bronzing or reddening but some are also responsible for creating galls on leaves or witches-broom on stems and flower buds. <br />
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Adult females overwinter in cracks and crevices of twigs and in bud scales. Females lay eggs in the spring. The young insects that hatch from the eggs resemble the adult. Numerous generations are produced each year. They are primarily spread by wind.<br />
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There is no scientific evidence that cutting out the affected area will cure this issue. The best practice is to dig-up and dispose of the affected plant.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roses Gardens at the Missouri Botanical Garden</span><br />
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The Gladney Rose Garden was overhauled and rebuilt with new healthy rose plants during 2012 and the Lehmann Rose garden was rebuilt during the spring of 2013 using bare root roses. The Lehmann garden now has Species roses in the lower area, Old Garden Roses (pre 1867) in the middle area, and Modern Roses in the Upper area of the garden.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roses that do well in our area of the country;</span><br />
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<b>William Radler</b>, based in Wisconsin and concentrating on developing “cold hardy” roses<br />
- Knockout Roses, Double Knockout, ‘Carefree Sunshine’, ‘Carefree Celebration’<br />
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<b>W. Kordes & Sons</b> (German Hybridizer), their roses are bomb proof, disease resistant, and vigorous<br />
- ‘Rosanna’ climber, ‘Larissa’ floribunda rose, ‘Winter Sun’<br />
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<b>Dr. Griffith Buck</b>, based at Iowa State University developed disease resistant and cold hardy roses<br />
- ‘Quietness’, ‘Perlie Mae’, Prairie Harvest’<br />
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<b>Meilland International</b> from France created ‘Peace’ in 1945 to commemorate WWII. Their products are sold thru Conard Pyle/ Star Roses in the USA<br />
- Drift series roses ‘Sunshine Daydream’, ‘Peach Drift’ is a groundcover<br />
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<b>David Austin</b>, based in England, specializes in old garden roses that are perpetually blooming and hardy like modern roses<br />
- ‘Lady of Shalott’ , ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’, ‘ Sharifa Asma’, ‘ Strawberry Hill’<br />
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<b>Ping Lim</b>, from Bailey’s Nursery with roses known for their superior disease resistance<br />
- ‘Music Box’, ‘Kiss Me’, ‘My Girl’<br />
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Other miscellaneous favorite roses are;<br />
- ‘Touch of Class’, ‘Granada’, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, ‘ Louise Odier’, ‘Alba Maxima’, ‘Julie Child’, ‘Petal Pushers’, ‘Chrysler Imperial’, ‘Mister Lincoln’<br />
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We also reviewed one of the beautiful Species roses - Rosa setigea, a Climbing Prairie Rose.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Questions addressed;</span><br />
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Rose Amendments;<br />
- Compost, horse manure, and chicken soup for roses (organic minerals)<br />
- Irrigation overhead in the morning so plants dry during the day<br />
- Keep center open to help alleviate black spot. You can also peel leaves with black spot<br />
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Pruning Shrub Roses;<br />
- Keep the shrub open and prune from the bottom-up<br />
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Use of sustainable methods;<br />
- The garden has stopped using wood mulch and now uses leaf mulch on the rose beds. This method results in less weeds and ability to hold more moisture. <br />
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We really appreciate Dave Gunn’s excellent presentation on Roses at our July meeting. His knowledge and expertise will definitely enrich the roses at MOBOT and help them evolve and grow to their former glory.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">-by Lynn Slackman</span></i>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-84361725135538443532014-07-08T09:49:00.000-07:002014-07-08T09:56:06.650-07:00Presidents Message - Summer 2014July 8, 2014<br />
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Our beloved daffodil is but a faded memory along with the foliage. One would think that we would be completely done with any thought of daffodils, but contrare. GSLDS’s schedule is just heatin’ up along with the summer. Our upcoming events include our summer meeting with David Gunn, Rosarian of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Although daffodils maybe most of our members favorite, we all covet many other plants including roses. Attend the July 20, 2014 meeting to learn more about roses. <br />
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In August, the Haeffner’s will be hosting the 7th GSLDS daffodil bulb cleaning. Yes, we are a group that not only loves to play in dirt, but clean and play with daffodil bulbs. Who doesn’t love to slip the skins of bulbs down to the smooth, caramel color? The cleaning event serves several purposes, the obvious is cleaning and preparing for the upcoming bulb sales of the fall, but also the social aspect, we all enjoy visiting while we work. The carry in lunch is always a culinary delight, members bringing special dishes enjoyed by all! Looking forward to the upcoming months to meet and see each other again.<br />
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Cindy Haeffner<br />
President, Greater St Louis Daffodil SocietyGreater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-43253731745558397932014-05-13T16:58:00.001-07:002014-05-13T16:58:30.284-07:00She turned to the sunlight<div style="text-align: center;">
She turned to the sunlight<br />
And shook her yellow head,<br />
And whispered to her neighbor:<br />
“Winter is dead.” ---A.A. Milne</div>
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<i>By William Cole</i></div>
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Goodbye snow and icy sheen, welcome sunshine and the garden queen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Confidential' Daffodil</td></tr>
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Yes, daffodils along with roses held a place of royalty in the England of my childhood. I well remember the public rapture over daffodils that filled town halls and tents at fetes and shows each spring. Visitors ranging from coalminers to clerics, their faces whitened by sunless winter, would stand transfixed, staring in hushed silence before these carpets of yellow. They would lean to within inches of the blooms to examine perfectly formed trumpets and petals, looking for they knew not what. The air was heavy with an exquisite scent, and whispered fascination.<br />
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Few but the exhibiters were familiar with the hybridization and nurturing of these gorgeous blooms. All we knew is that we wanted to accept William Wordsworth’s invitation to: “Come visit me sometime. My flowers would like to meet you.”<br />
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Later, as an apprentice reporter on a weekly newspaper in Hertfordshire – one of what they call the home counties near London -- it was my job to attend these daffodil shows, pick up a list of winners and write a report for the paper. And while routine might best describe my results-heavy accounts, there was nothing unmoving about the blooms that inspired them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'American Idol' Daffodil</td></tr>
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I had fallen hard for daffodils during that time in the 1960s. Gardening was and is an English obsession. Daffodils and other flowers could be found on every scrap of ground whether it be in small rented gardening allotments of the not-so-affluent or the sweeping estates of the aristocracy. People with no land grew flowers in window boxes, even soap boxes.<br />
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Former Beatle George Harrison may have startled his American fans when he said, “I’m not really a career person. I’m a gardener basically.” And he proved it by turning the grounds at his country mansion into a masterful showplace.<br />
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There are thousands of gardening amateurs like him, me included in a less ambitious way. Though not a particularly knowledgeable gardener, I’ve always had what might be considered run-of-the-mill daffodils on my property. But I became familiar with more elaborate species by spending hours strolling through the parks and gardens that dot the English countryside. I visited the famous Kew Gardens and much later the incredible Missouri Botanical Garden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Cedar Hills' Daffodil</td></tr>
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Regrettably, my close association with what I now know to be Narcissus went on pause for many years. That is until Feb 12, 2013 when I found myself at a Master Gardeners meeting in Owensville, Mo., on Feb 12, 2013. There I watched an illustrated presentation by Cynthia Haeffer, the illustrious president of the St. Louis Daffodil Society, about a trip she had made to New Zealand to view an aficionado’s amazing garden. <br />
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I was so impressed that not long afterwards I joined the society and began my first venture into what for me was the complex world of hybridized daffodils. The society’s Bulb Exchange in the fall propelled me into paying attention to the various divisions and varieties of bulbs and recording and planting the ones I had selected.<br />
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How did I arrive at my novice picks? Well, I’ll admit to shamelessly leaning on the phenomenal knowledge and experience of Jason Delaney and David Niswonger. I paid careful attention to Jason’s descriptions of the available bulbs and I parked myself next to Dave during the exchange to observe and to seek advice on the kind of bulbs he would recommend. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Bald Eagle' Daffodil</td></tr>
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I did have some general ideas about the colors and divisions that appealed to me – the white and pink of Phantom, the all-white Bald Eagle and the pale yellow and white Smooth Trumpet; the miniature multi-headed blooms of Kokopelli and Suzy; the dramatic orange-and-yellow contrasts of Tom Terrific and Menehay; and the pure yellow appeal of Confidential and Crackington.<br />
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How did I do when spring arrived? Moderately well for a first-timer, I’d say. I got to see blooms from just about all the bulbs I had planted. Though I didn’t have the expertise to judge the blooms’ formations, I knew which ones appealed to me simply by color and beauty. <br />
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Several of them produced only one bloom, most notably my Phantoms even though I had plenty of them planted in various areas of my yard. Only three bulbs produced no blooms. They were: Waynes World and Mike Pollack, which would have had yellow petals and orange cups; and the above-mentioned Crackington, which produced buds that never came to fruition, probably frozen by our severe winter. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Judea' Daffodil</td></tr>
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Most unfortunately, only two of the five classic bulbs that I got at the event came to bloom. Mara, Gunsynd and Ida Mae produced foliage but no flowers. But Judea, with its long pale yellow cup and dramatic white petals, and Merlin, with its small yellow and red trumpet and large white petals, were well worth the wait. <br />
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I bought metal markers from Jason to identify my plants, and Cynthia graciously printed out some waterproof labels to attach to them. I even had a couple of passers-by stop to look at my daffodils and compliment me on my efforts. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Kareka' Daffodil</td></tr>
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However, nothing is more frustrating than compromising one’s own efforts by making the simplest of mistakes through inattention and inexperience. In order to spruce up my yard, I decided showcase my daffodils by manicuring the grass with my riding mower. My pride turned to dismay when I noticed small flecks of grass on some of my blooms. And I couldn’t remove them without risking damage to some of my favorites, Smooth Trumpet in particular.<br />
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Moreover, I wanted to catalogue my blooms by shooting high-resolution photos of each of them. I often wondered why some members of the society had invested in larger cameras with traditional lenses and viewfinders. Now I know. It’s virtually impossible to properly focus a small digital camera, especially with a bright sun shining on the large panel viewfinder. Such photography, I discovered, is largely guesswork. <br />
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Additionally, I failed to check the resolution of the images once they were in my camera. Shots that appeared to be acceptable in the viewfinder appeared horribly out of focus or overexposed once they were enlarged. <br />
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However, that kind of painful experience serves to prevent such oversights in the future. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Menehay' Daffodil</td></tr>
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In short, mine was a great spring for a novice. Each of my blooms was a revelation, a thrill, providing a much-needed escape from winter’s darkness, and providing me with the energy to work toward greater results next year. <br />
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It’s not hard to understand why daffodils can make poets of all of us. <br />
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“O Lovestar of the unbeloved March,” wrote Sir Aubrey de Vere many years ago, marveling at daffodils pushing through the snow. <br />
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Lovestar indeed! If only we could gaze upon you all year long.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Lost in Flora' Daffodil</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Traveling On' Daffodil</td></tr>
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<b>Daffodils that William selected at the 2014 Bulb Exchange are listed below;</b><br />
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<td>Ida Mae 2W-OOY<br />
1968</td>
<td>Merlin 3W-YYR<br />
1956</td>
<td>Gunsynd 2Y-OOR<br />
1966 Wm Jackson/Aust.</td>
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<td>MIKE POLLACK<br />
8Y-R</td>
<td>WILD TURKEY<br />
1Y-R</td>
<td>CRACKINGTON<br />
4Y-Y</td>
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<td>MARA 9W-YYO<br />
1961
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<td>JUDEA 2W-P<br />
1968 O’More
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<td>LOST IN FLORA<br />
2W-WPP
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<td>TWILIGHT ZONE<br />
2YYW-WWY
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<td>THREE OAKS<br />
1W-Y
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<td>OREGON PIONEER<br />
2Y-P
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<td>TOM TERRIFIC (INT.)<br />
11aY-O
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<td>SUZY<br />
7Y-O
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<td>SANDY COVE<br />
2Y-GWP
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<td>BALD EAGLE<br />
2W-W
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<td>DYNASTY<br />
2Y-R
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<td>WAYNE’S WORLD<br />
6Y-O
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<td>IVORY GOLD<br />
1W-O
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<td>KAREKA<br />
2W-Y
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<td>QUEEN’S GUARD<br />
1W-Y
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<td>CAROLINA GOLD<br />
2Y-O
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<td>CEDAR HILLS<br />
3W-GYY
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<td>SMOOTH TRUMPET<br />
1W-Y
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<td>KOKOPELLI<br />
7Y-Y
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<td>TRAVELING ON<br />
2YYW-WYO
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<td>AMERICAN IDOL<br />
2W-R
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<td>MENAHAY<br />
11aY-O
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<td>CONFIDENTIAL<br />
2Y-Y
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<td>PHANTOM<br />
11aW-P
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<td>UNCLE REMUS<br />
1Y-O
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Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-89033291654532798662014-05-12T12:01:00.000-07:002014-05-14T12:05:27.552-07:002014 Volunteer Dedication Award Every year the Missouri Botanical Garden honors it's volunteers with a nice reception and awards event. This year the Dedication Award was given to Lynn Slackman, past President of the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society and current Marketing/PR Chairperson for the American Daffodil Society.<br />
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The Dedication Award is bestowed to a volunteer who comes in on a regular basis each week and is conscientious about the tasks performed, accepting assignments that are not major undertakings but are essential to the program.<br />
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The following write-up was read by Lynn's horticulture supervisors, Sophia Warsh and Sara Murphy, at the awards ceremony;<br />
Lynn volunteers in the North Gardens and is also a Garden Docent. She has been a Garden volunteer for 18 years. In the Bulb Gardens, Lynn has worked specifically on the annual labeling of the Lilium collection. Because of her in-depth knowledge of lilies, she is one of the only volunteers who can assist in this capacity. She has also helped with transplanting lilies and has introduced new techniques for staking lilies and other bulbs. Lynn is thoughtful and inquisitive and has been especially supportive of some of the new collections development projects that demand a lot of prep work before the results are apparent. She is the official Chair for the 2016 World Daffodil Convention that will take place in St. Louis. Lynn's wide-ranging activities make her a great Garden ambassador.<br />
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Lynn was surprised and honored to receive this prestigious award, and looks forward to continuing her volunteer efforts at the Missouri Botanical Garden.Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-46170208663591053932014-05-02T06:46:00.000-07:002014-05-02T06:50:38.309-07:00Collaboration Produces Colorful Palette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you sometimes catch yourself wondering, “Would a massed daffodil planting work there?” <br />
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I was caught up in this thought several times when departing the parking lot at the Gasconade County RII School, where my Master Gardener classes are held. Directly across from the Owensville High School, on MO Hwy 19 stretches a very nice, slightly sloping right-of-way, which ironically happens to be comprised of very good soil not typically found in Gasconade County. What a perfect location for a mass of daffodils.<br />
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Upon contacting the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to discuss planting this area, I was informed that such a planting met the criteria for a MoDOT Growing Together beautification program. So, I met with our local MoDOT road supervisor to discuss the current mowing practices and schedule, the feasibility of such a planting and where a sign could be placed to recognize the planting, should it occur (currently, MoDOT has a mandatory seasonal mowing of 15ft from the road’s edge by May 31, with the remainder of the right-of-way getting mowed after July 1, to provide the necessary habitat for ground-nesting birds). The delayed mowing area was an ideal location for the planting site, as it would provide the daffodil foliage ample time to mature for next year’s bloom. An application was submitted and eventually approved, the site was planted, and a sign was erected honoring the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society, the Gasconade County Masters Gardeners Association, and the Owensville High School horticulture classes, each of whom played an integral role in the endeavor.<br />
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Fulfilling a community outreach clause in our organization’s by-laws, the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society provided the bulbs used for the display, procuring them from local Midwest daffodil growers Oakwood Daffodils, in Michigan, and PHS Daffodils, in Missouri. The Gasconade County Master Gardeners Association also has a goal to support the local community through volunteering. The hours earned by planting were eagerly put toward maintaining the Master Gardeners’ required yearly hours. And Ms. Sherry Byrnam’s horticulture classes at the Owensville High School provided much enthusiastic support with students planting and working very efficiently to complete the project (<i>as it turned out, a day out of the classroom to plant daffodils was really a lot of fun!</i>).<br />
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Everyone involved enjoyed the project, and the community now reaps the benefits with a colorful palette of springtime daffodils for many years to come.<br />
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For more information on how you can support the roadside planting, please contact the Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society (<a href="http://www.stldaffodilclub.org/">www.stldaffodilclub.org</a>) or the Gasconade County Master Gardener’s Association.<br />
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This article also appeared in the <a href="http://stldaffodilclub.org/gslds_summer_2013_newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">2013 Summer Edition of The Daffodil Rave newsletter. </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By Cindy Haeffner, President, Greater Saint Louis Daffodil Society<br />Member of Gasconade County Master Gardeners</i></span>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-4886917889656571892014-04-21T11:06:00.000-07:002014-04-21T11:06:18.251-07:00Kentucky Daffodil Road Trip <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year we had the opportunity to visit with Tim and Heather Brown, in Wickliffe, KY at their 343 acres of property in 3 tracts on land. Daffodils and other horticultural plants have been planted on all 3 tracts. Most of the daffodils are located on the farm, where Tim and Heather reside, but a decent amount of daffodils are also planted on a second tract close by. Their 3rd tract of land was acquired 2 years ago. <br /><br />Daffodil plantings are small by comparison, as his property has been mostly landscaped for the use of deer and turkey. In general Tim has planted loads of trees and shrubs for wildlife, including ornamental, as wells as fruit and nut production.<br /><br />There are 7 fishing ponds on the property along with 4 more ponds, mostly for minnow production. The Brown’s started planting daffodils in the fall of 1999, and stopped counting them once they hit 30,000. They estimate approximately 650 different varieties are planted on the property. <br /><br />We really appreciate that the Brown's took the time to show us around their carefully planted property that is full of amazing horticultural wonder.<br />
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<br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-91911209314347522512014-04-21T10:28:00.000-07:002014-04-21T10:28:26.369-07:00Annual Daffodil Dig Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Members of the Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society had a rather unique event scheduled on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. While many seasoned members have experienced this dig, our club has many new members and we would like to encourage them to attend. Further explanation about this opportunity follows:<br />
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“The Missouri Botanical Garden’s land purchase in 1925 began the legacy of Shaw Nature Reserve. Originally set up as a safe refuge for the plant collection from the city’s smoke pollution of the 1920’s, its role in the community has evolved through the years. Shaw Nature Reserve has many roles—as a nature reserve, a place to walk and hike, and a good spot for relaxing and for studying nature. It has become a premier educational, research and habitat restoration and reconstruction site.<br />
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Over the years, tens of thousands of school children and adults have learned more about nature and the environment by observation and through the guidance of Shaw Nature Reserve’s educational and professional staff. Teachers themselves come to improve their teaching of ecological principles as well as to gain a greater appreciation of the natural world. In recognition of its worth as an educational resource, the Reserve was designated a National Environmental Education Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in 1972.<br />
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St. Louis is one of very few metropolitan regions that can boast of a 2,441-acre natural asset such as Shaw Nature Reserve so near its city-based parent organization, the world-famous Missouri Botanical Garden.<br />
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Through ecological restoration, the Shaw Nature Reserve is re-establishing and maintaining native biological diversity. Protected natural areas today are small and scattered compared to the land area occupied by natural ecosystems in the past. Natural processes and disturbances which once maintained biodiversity — climate, wildfire, animal migrations, burrowing, grazing, etc. — now function differently than did in the past. In addition, importation of invasive species and many other human activities have replaced natural ecosystems with biologically impoverished "human-made habitats."<br />
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Shaw Nature Reserve strives to restore or create habitats for as many Missouri native species of flora and fauna as possible. Management practices are undertaken with the ecological aim of creating self-sustaining healthy populations of native species, while taking into account educational, interpretive and aesthetic considerations.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">But what about the daffodils, you ask?</span></span></h3>
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“There are likely millions of daffodils blooming around the Shaw Nature Reserve's Pinetum Lake and the one-mile road encircling it beginning in late March/early April each year, and beyond into the Reserve. Many varieties of Narcissus have been accumulating around the Pinetum Lake for the biggest part of the 88 years the Reserve has been in existence. <br />
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Daffodils got their start at the Nature Reserve through the efforts of Mr. John Rowe who lived and farmed close to the town of Pacific, Missouri. He was an amateur propagator of daffodils as well as of nuts, fruits, vegetables, and other flowering bulbs. Mr. Howe brought a bushel of daffodil bulbs to the Reserve to share during its fledgling years when the earliest planting was being done. Upon seeing Mr. Rowe's basket of bulbs, Dr. Edgar Anderson, then Curator of Useful Plants at Missouri Botanical Garden, wanted to know who produced these masterpieces of horticulture.<br />
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Dr. Anderson had the bulbs planted around Pinetum Lake where they are still the core of the naturalized bulb plantings at Shaw Nature Reserve. Although John Howe was an amateur gardener without formal horticultural training, learned gardeners, botanists, and directors of famous botanical institutions contacted him to see his collections and to ask his advice.<br />
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Dr. Anderson was especially fond of daffodils and devoted much time and energy to both the Botanical Garden's and the Shaw Nature Reserve's collections. Fortunately he had plenty of narcissi or daffodils to work with. At regular intervals after Mr. Howe's bulbs were first put in place, hundreds of additional varieties from the newest to the classic standards of the day were planted. The plantings were carefully studied, especially during the period 1938 and 1942. The goal was to have a continuous display of color lasting for a full two months using a mixture of early to late blooming varieties.”<br />
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In recent years, Shaw Nature Reserve has entered a partnership the Missouri Department of Conservation to begin restoring native prairies. Part of this process includes controlled burns, which brings back the seed bank still there. The goal is to return the habitat to the original, pre-European landscapes of native plants. Being that daffodils are introduced plants into the North American flora, all daffodils beyond the Pinetum area need to be removed. This benefits not only the prairie restorations, but also our ability to acquire rare, unique, and lovely daffodils for our own gardens. <br />
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Lucky for us, we not only are adept at digging daffodils, we also have Jason Delaney of MOBOT. This allows us special access one time a year to rescue as many daffodils as we wish within our designated digging zones. Members are encouraged to dig, share, and enjoy as many as you can. We like to think of it as a “daffodil dig party/social event”, and has become one of the favorite events of the year!!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <i>Compiled by Jason Delaney & Cindy Haeffner</i></span>Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-38632022139426309102014-04-15T11:45:00.000-07:002014-04-15T13:56:18.785-07:00Our First Blog PostWelcome to the first blog post for the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society!<br />
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The Greater St Louis Daffodil Club was officially organized during February of 1998 by 13 charter members. By October of 2000 the club elected it's second president, voted to publish a newsletter, and approved placing a bid to host the American Daffodil Society Convention during 2005.<br />
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Our initial small club was enthusiastic and experienced membership participation. The club has grown to be known as the Greater St Louis Daffodil Society and is recognized as a contributing society by the national American Daffodil Society. <br />
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Our future continues to shine and our membership is growing. The Greater St Louis Daffodil Society is looking forward to teaming up with the <a href="http://www.daffodil.org/" target="_blank">Northern California Daffodil Society</a> to host the <a href="http://stldaffodilclub.org/wdc2016/" target="_blank">2016 World Daffodil Convention </a>in St Louis, MO during April of 2016. Daffodil enthusiasts from around the world will converge in St Louis to discover daffodils in the heartland of the USA. <br />
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Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491422580641318523.post-64063583724954249782014-02-17T17:28:00.000-08:002014-05-08T17:32:08.963-07:00Presidents Message - Winter 2014Feb. 17, 2014<br /><br />This winter, as you all know has been substantially colder than normal. Now when the thermometer hits 25 degrees, it feels like a spring day, depending upon the WIND!!!<br />
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Yes, old man winter seems to have his grips on us, with no end in sight, but, calculating the start of spring, it is approximately a month away, the count down begins!!!<br />
<br />Is everyone done planting???? There are a few I know that are not, and awaiting a break in the weather is constant on those minds. Planting this late can be problematic, i.e. planting one day @ 55 degrees, and 7 degrees the next, literally, one runs the risk of the bulbs completely freezing @ about 22 degrees, if the bulbs have not rooted, doing irreversible damage. The rooting process pumps out the excess moisture, then the dissolved solids left in the bulb acts as anti-freeze. Mulching over the planting area will help, and snow cover will also help with its insulating properties. Yes, I am one of the late planters!!! <br /><br />With all this winter, color can not come soon enough!!! The presentations for our first kick-off meeting by Bob Skaggs and Dave Niswonger was very welcomed and appreciated. Thanks to Bob and Dave!<br /><br />Cindy Haeffner, President<br />Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society<br />Greater St Louis Daffodil Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06719660201106282014noreply@blogger.com0