Mill Creek Park daffodil event canceled

YOUNGSTOWN — The daffodil show that had been scheduled for Mill Creek Park’s Fellows Riverside Gardens this weekend has been canceled, but other flowers are in peak bloom and a free Earth Day walking tour of the gardens will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Our peak display of daffodils is usually this third week or so of April. This year, because of our very warm winter and extremely warm spring, we had our peak bloom of daffodils March 21 and 22,” explained Keith Kaiser, park horticulture director.

“The ability for them to bring in high-quality blooms to exhibit in a show just isn’t happening now,” he said of daffodil exhibitors.

Eight national American Daffodil Society shows have been canceled for the same reason, he added.