Hort Bits from Gail Anderson

"Hope In Bloom" Exhibit at Boston Flower and Garden show-- 2010

VISIT A FLOWER SHOW

Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show
February 24-27
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence
http://www.flowershow.com/

Portland (Maine) Flower Show
March 10-13
Portland Company Complex, Portland
http://portlandcompany.com/flower/

Boston Flower & Garden Show
March 16-20
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston
http://www.masshort.org/Blooms-and-the-Boston-Flower-&-Garden-Show

Have visited all three of these regional flower shows and they are quite worthwhile. I go to Portland annually. Portland and Providence are small but the exhibitors are creative and the speakers in RI have been good in the past. The Boston Show, of course, is smaller than in former days, but is building momentum. Besides the big commercial exhibits, Boston includes many plants societies/organizations, has many speakers and demonstrations, and is the largest of the three.


COCKTAILS FOR PAPERWHITES

Research at Cornell University has revealed that paperwhite narcissus will grow shorter if given a mild cocktail! Have known about this for a while but finally tried it this year with just one paperwhite bulb. The plant was definitely shorter. Check out this link!!!--Gail

http://www.hort.cornell.edu/miller/bulb/pickling_your_paperwhites.pdf


 -Gail