Hello all, A late season observation. I have only one clump of ‘Cantabile’ Guy L. Wilson, 1932 growing here, it has three flower stems – two flowers have unequal pollen anthers and the other one has subequal pollen anthers. These…
Month: October 2011
Mainly for Hybridisers
Hello All, When out in the patch today I noticed that a seed pod was ready to collect – Renovator x Gold Touch. This is the earliest ever) – it made me check the other seed pods but all are…
DaffSeek Questions Form
This question was sent from Kim Langley who is not a Daffnet member, so please respond directly to her and send a copy to Daffnet. She did not specify her region so if anyone can give here some ideas or…
Two Photos
Hello All, Two photos, the pink douldbe that I have sent before (sorry, couldn’t resist sending it again – do you think it is a “cabbage”, John Mac? And the newly imported Lily Grace. My recollection of it is that…
Flowering rate
Hello All, Every year brings a new challenge and unexpected results. In the over 50 years that I have been growing daffodils seriously something different seems to happen! This year it was flowering rate. My stock is divided almost equally…
Scenic
After the show, with still over 2 hours daylight left, I tried the road to Wharite Peak, 920 metres , as I heard it was now open to the top and gave access to the Ruahine Ranges Forest Park and…