by Kirby Fong, California • • Comments Off on World Daffodil Tour – RHS Late Show Champion Bloom and Best Division 2
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The World Daffodil Tour comes to its end at the RHS Late show at Wisley. It’s a smaller show than the one at Vincent Square, but there are some very nice late flowers. The champion and best division 2 was…
by Kirby Fong, California • • Comments Off on World Daffodil Tour – Clive Postles’ Field
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Those who visited Clive Postles during the Daffodil Society Centenary in 1998 will remember a large field of daffodils. This picture shows what Clive is still keeping. The shade cloth serves as a wind break around two sides of the…
The last grower we visited was Clive Postles. He has stopped exhibiting and has greatly reduced the number of daffodils he keeps. The bulk of the named cultivars is now kept by Roger and Terry Braithwaite. Only the Kiwi group…
by Kirby Fong, California • • Comments Off on World Daffodil Tour – Coughton Court Sphere
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Coughton Court south is the ancestral estate of the Throckmorton family. It is now open for public tours. The sphere behind the house was donated by the American descendants of the Throckmorton family. Names of the donors are inscribed inside…