Month: January 2009

January Blooms in Livermore, CA

Several turnaround bulbocodiums from Rod Barwick’s Ta Julia collection are in bloom, as well as a lovely Welch Seedling, WRPW — 2008NxNj1 (Newton x N. jonquilla). The latter has a very gently sweet and lovely jonquilla scent, and a brilliant…

Bulbocodium seedlings

Some seedlings of Smarple x N. bulbocodium are flowering on the window-sill with a nice light yellow colour. Next year I shall try them outside. The N. bulbocodium comes from Santiago de Compostella and grows there together with N. cyclamineus. The pollen corns of…

daff flags flying

I picked 4 small yellow trumpets this weekend before our temps dipped back into the 20’s F last night. Also had blooms on Taffeta, Jessamy, Peppermint (they are so cute and tiny!), and N. cantabricus, however after rain a good…