Category: Species

Information and photos of wild narcissus species.

Australian Daffodil Championships Canberra

The Australian Daffodil Championships were held in Canberra this weekend. There were entries from the ACT, NSW and Victoria. The quality of the entries were very high. The Rob Slarke from Lithgow, NSW won the Australian Championship Class and had…

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…

What is flowering now in Canberra

Hi Nothing like a bit of rain and some moisture to speed the season along a bit. A lot of miniatures are flowering but the first of the standards and tazettas have started to flower.

N cyclamineus

Yesterday I mentioned variation in the species cyclamineus. The first to flower opened today. I picked it for a Hort Soc meeting. It has lovely form and is always very small. I expect the next lot to flower in a…