Category: Weather and Temperature

Discussions about weather impact and temperature on daffodils.

Journal

Hi all, The December Journal arrived in Christchurch yesterday. Thanks Greg for a good read and wonderful photographs. Digging has started here where we are in a state of very dry weather. The last three days have been over 30*C.…

Last final encore

Just as the very last flowers of the very late poet wither a bulbocodium decides to send up a last flower. With temperatures of 35C what was it thinking? Not surprisingly, most seed pods have ripened.

last flower

A couple of weeks after the last daffodils this late poet, grown from seed from Steve Vinisky, flowers. Late flowers tend not to do well here, presumably because there is not much remaining growing season, but this one seems to…

mid July

The first of the heavy frosts have hit. Fortunately I picked a few tazettas before hand – this is good as they are ever likely to be at this time of year in this climate. The hybrids between Emerald Sea…

Journal

My June Journal arrived today and has been read. Thanks Phyllis for looking into the late arrival of the Journal. Bambi is not a show flower but always delights me as it is the harbinger of Spring in our garden.…