Month: October 2012

2012 , John Hollever , Ducks and – — –

John Hollever and I were pleased to host the Baby Boomer tourists and other Central Daffodil Group members at our daffodil blocks as they moved down the North Island from Hamilton to Wellington . Kirby has just posted a few…

2012 late show , Seedlings .

We had an interesting discussion on the split coronas in the seedlings at the C D G late show .Corey Field has been showing some excellent sdlgs for several seasons .He has been obviously been chasing the splits , we…

2012 South Island National Show

Post 7 in a series of 7. The tour culminated with its principal event, attendance at the World Daffodil Convention in Dunedin. If the floor markings suggest a tennis court or basketball court to you, that’s because the convention was…

Christchurch and the Canterbury Plain

  Post 6 in a series of 7. We didn’t go to any daffodil shows in the Christchurch area, but we did visit many daffodil growers.  First stop was Otahuna Lodge, the former home of Sir Heaton Rhodes. I’m a…

2012 Brightwater Show

Post 5 in a series of 7. Brightwater is a town southwest of Nelson, New Zealand. Like most of the spring flower shows, it has camellias and other spring flowers as well as daffodils. The Brightwater daffodil show is not…