Daffodils, Speaker (Dorner), Invocation (Dorner), F&F (Biciste), RM )Keppel)

This is a talk I've already given 4 times this year. I'll shorten this one to fit our time. This is a fill-in for this date, but I will have a few fresh flowers to show in this very strange season. 

Here's the write-up used for the previous talks:

Different Daffs – Overview of an Addiction

Daffodil fanciers often say that they suffer from the Yellow Fever, but most of their present interests and activities are rarely constrained only to yellow daffodils. After a very brief discussion of the whys and hows of growing the favorite spring bloom, this talk will delve into unusual forms of narcissus, into new colors, new seasons, current hybridizing trends, and how the internet has changed the hobby of growing and showing daffodils.

George Dorner is a hobby gardener in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where his first planting of tulips at a new house was mowed down by deer in less than a season, never to return. He discovered daffodils as a possible remedy and got hooked on daffodils in the bargain.. He has served as frequent President of the Midwest Daffodil Society, which is centered at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and he served as President of the American Daffodil Society from 2009-2011. In the summer he keeps his fingernails dirty tending native plants, dahlias, unwelcome weeds, with occasional Master Gardener activities while waiting for the fall daffodil bulb planting time. So many bulbs, so little time.