Year: 2017

Heritage help please!

With too much to do I decided instead to go and visit some old friends. Van  Sion. Orange Phoenix Yellow Phoenix (I think). Orange Phoenix and Yellow Phoenix together. This is an old 19th century pseudonarcissus. Perhaps someone can offer…

Rongotea Spring Show 2017

A  popular midweek  show  on  the  Central  circuit  ,  Rongotea  had  their  Spring  flower  show  on  Thursday , 15  September .The  wet  season  and  a  stormy  week  preceding  ,  saw  entries  down  just a  little ;  Judge  Wayne  Hughes , …

A visit to Keira Bulbs

Here are some photos at Keira bulbs taken a day or two after the show – 19th of September. Fittingly, Graham and Helen Fleming won best  division 5.        A pot of Swagger was, for me, interesting to see. Jocelyn…

Hurricane Maria & Me

I now know how to pass the time during Hurricane Maria.  While she was off shore by about 150 miles the Weather Channels was very active on the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina, about 5 miles east of where…

We are only 6 weeks away from Fall Forum 2017!

We are only 6 weeks away from Fall Forum 2017 which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Cincinnati Blue Ash hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 10-12, 2017. Details about this event can be found on the 2017 Fall…

N. assoanus

Hi, I promised someone in the Georgia Daffodil Society some of the N. assoanus that I dug this spring.  I know it was the young lady that shows “lots” of miniatures.  I lost your email and address.  It’s time to…