Month: July 2015

Flowering in Canberra

As indicated in my previous post, a lot of time has been spent hybridising with the aim of producing miniatures with improved perianths. The aim is to produce miniatures that have perianths that overlap and have plenty of texture and…

Miniatures and intermediates flowering in Canberra

Keira Bulbs has quite a few nice miniatures and a small number of intermediates flowering at the moment. They would be described as very very early flowering. We have had one of our coldest winters in years but it has…

N zaianicus

Tonight I wanted to check the correct identity of what I grow as N romieuxii var albidus var zaianicus. There are three photos on Daffseek. Allowing for variation of the species I cannot see any similarity in the photos shown. Would…

In Flower Today

Hi All, There are several varieties that have opened in the last few days that viewers may be interested in. Jane is the first of the Colin Crotty miniature division 6’s to flower this season. This flowers have only just…

Dutch daffodils aplenty!

Hardy, spring-flowering Leenen viridiflorus hybrids are finally available for sale in the U.S.  Check out the Dutchgrown.com website and order soon as the supply is limited. There is a significant number of new and newer Dutch daffodil varieties available to the…

Northern Daffodil Club Early Table Show

Hi All, Following on from my last post I thought it might be good to post of photograph or two of the members present on the  evening Judges Clive Denton and Lisa Watkins hard at work sorting out the winners,…