Month: October 2013

Fertility Update – Div. 5

There is no clear answer as to which hybrids best exemplify the characteristics of triandrus in standard sized daffodils. There seems to be a move away from hybrids with main division flowers (such as Ice Wings) to hybrids between triandrus…

Autumn is Gearing Up.

A number of the autumn daffodils are up and starting to flower. Among the first is always N. broussonettii which always emerges from the ground within a few days of the first watering and can be in flower several days…

2013 Almost the last .

The  daffs  have  almost  finished  for  another  season  , but  found a  big  handfull of some  very  late blooms .All  three  varieties  are  from  Brian  Duncan  and are very  late  here in  Otaki. The  days are  lengthening  —  8 pm…