Year: 2017

Spring Bulb Auction

Does anyone remember the spring 2017 ADS Bulb Auction?  It seems that there was an email about it with a central place to send all the bulbs that was auctioned. I feel that I owe a bulb to someone and…

Titahi Bay – 2017 , a few more .

The  Titahi  Bay  Horticultural  Society  had  very  good  local  involvement  in  the  show  ;  the  locals  schools  were  given  bulbs  and  the number  of  pots  that  made  the  show  was  pleasing  .   A  well  presented Premier  Table    …

Titahi Bay 2017 .

Titahi  Bay  is  a  northern  ,  coastal  suburb  of  Porirua  City  ,  just  north  of  our capital  ,  Wellington .It  enjoys  a  better  climate than  Wellington  but  spring  is  always  later  than  the  Kapiti  and  Horowhenua  regions  ,  about  30 …

The ADS loses a legend

Yesterday when the mail came, there was an envelope with the name ‘Becky Gould Gibson” on the back, with a Winston-Salem, N.C. address, and I knew “Bill’s gone.” Bill Gould died at age 98, on August 11, and as Becky said, “He had a…

Australian Daffodil Championships 2017

Hello everyone, Australian Daffodil Championships 2017 Flyer & Registration Form The Australian Daffodil championship will be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September 2017. This year it is being hosted by the Horticultural Society of Canberra Inc. in conjunction with…

Theory according to Dave

These flowers of Nb nivalis are quite the smallest daffodils that we grow. When exhibited in NZ they are down pointed because they are too small compared with a vase of Nb conspicuous. Now here is the theory according to…