Month: June 2010

Help to ID

Hi everyone, Please help to ID this beauty! It is quite tall and the flower is 110 mm or a bit more across and resembles a water lily. It’s color is pale yellow. It came as a mix with Tahiti…

overplanting flowerbeds

Hello all, In my desire to have the garden explode with daffodils (and some tulips) in the spring, I find myself in a bit of a squeeze.  I’ve planted my bulbs pretty close to each other in clumps and tuffs. …

Amaryllis Caterpillars

One of our Master Gardeners has these on her Crinium and or Amaryllis plants. They are also moving to her ferns and oregano plants. It would appear to me they are about done eating and will be creating a cocoon…

Islands

These  two  will  probably be of  more  interest  to  the  Kiwis  but  most  growers  are  interested  in  the  areas where  others grow their  daffs  .The  two  main  Islands in  N Z  are seperated  by Cook Strait  but on  a  clear …

3 pictures for you tazetta

Another  very  early  tazetta  from  Wilf  . Either a  first  year  or  possibly  second  flower  —  this  time  a  Grand  Monarch  sdlg . An  impressive  ,  thick ,  heavy  stem,about  15  inches tall  . 10 flowers  on  the  head  — …

2 pictures for you tazetta

I  called in  on  Wilf  Hall  and  we  went  out  to  check  his  tazettas  —  particularly the  seedlings  .. This  is  a  first  flower  —  2  flowers  on  the  stem  ,  about  2 . 5  inches  60 mm  .., on  a …