Darned sneaky spider!
I have it on good authority that this daffodil coloration was fashionable the mid-twentieth century. (Came with the house, so that makes sense.)
* You’ve heard of witness (bearing) trees? Not the same at all….
Witness daffodil*?
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
12 March 2009 at 7:26 am
kayak woman says:
note to self: go out in the yard after work and see if there are *any* crocuses coming up.
12 March 2009 at 10:44 am
Pooh says:
What are the fashionable colors now? That’s pretty extraordinary to think that the original bulb to this year’s daffodil might have been planted 5-6 DECADES ago!
“The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, have nothing to with the thing, tra-la…”
Re the witness tree article, I think we used data from the Hubbard Brook LTER project in 1975, when I was part of a collaborative learning project that covered two semesters. We looked at using forest ecosystems as a tertiary water treatment solution. I ran across my copy of the research paper last year or so, and was tickled to read it again.
12 March 2009 at 10:56 am
Sammy says:
I see whiter outer petals, more exotic shades for the inner cone (whatever it’s called) in newer bulbs.
Love the longitudinal philosophy behind the LTERs.
13 March 2009 at 7:10 am
kayak woman says:
I just remembered that I did a school project a couple years ago in a graphic design class — “experimental” web design — in which I had to design a daffodil site.
I was amazed at how many types of daffodils there are and the range of styles and colors. I’ll have to post the [fake] site again.