Thank you for this. It's very good news that his work will go on. I bought from him for the first time 18 months ago and enjoyed the beauties (especially the Tazettas). Will keep buying. Bill was a delight to talk to. He chose, for me, what to plant on our snowy (at present) mountainside. Lesley On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 11:34 PM <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote: > I went to the memorial get-together at Bill the Bulb Baron's farm today. I > was very happy to hear that the business will continue -- Bill left the > farm > to the couple who had been working with him. > > > > As I'm sure most of you know, there are far too many stories of bulb > businesses that either disappeared completely or were subject to desperate > last-minute rescue operations after the owner died. Bill planned ahead to > prevent that from happening, and I really respect it. > > > > I hadn't realized how prominent Bill was in the breeding of Tazetta > narcissus. The American Daffodil Society gave him its gold medal last year. > > > > The majority of plants at Bill's farm are Narcissus (past peak bloom, > unfortunately), but tucked away in various spots were all sorts of goodies: > Freesias scattered around in ones and twos, a few vivid yellow > Zantedeschias, a row of Watsonias in bud, a little bright purple patch of > Scilla peruviana (or whatever the heck we call them these days), and so on. > Plus I think about an acre of Amaryllis, with a few plants that looked like > Crinums at the edges. > > > > The plants all looked very vigorous and well cared for. > > > > I'm told that Bill died peacefully at the bulb farm, taking a nap in his > truck. Not a bad way to go. > > > > Mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…