Month: August 2010

Shrub

Hi All, Its not a daffodil but this shrub on our roadside border creates considerable interest from passers by. It is not common in New Zealand. I wonder if any of you can tell us something about the shrub. Dave

A plain old poppy

It’s not blue, but here’s a little poppy I found at the edge of a wheat field just outside Château-Thierry, France a couple weeks ago.  I scared up what I think were a number of grouse just as I was…

Net Bags

All, I’m not sure if this is proper or not for Daffnet, but I have been receiving a number of inquiries from people about whether I might sell them some of the smaller size net bags I send our bulbs…

Fw: Unidentified 8W-Y seedling

Last  for  the  evening  .. Saw  this  one  , about 5  florets  just  openned  and  still  a  young  bloom  . It  just  oozed  quality  —  probably  the  best perianth  I  have  seen  on  a  tazetta  . Wilf  agree  and  said  it …

5 pictures for you flushed

Another  double  sdlg  ;  this  is  a little  different  as  it,s  from  an  attempt at  orange  flushed perianth in  a double  ..   sdlg  06 – 42  Creag  Durb  —  x  —  sdlg  4 Y – O  bred Cinel – …

long lemon

Another  double  sdlg ,  not  registered  but  with  the  garden  name  of  ” Long  Lemon “. A  sibling  to  Early  Orbit  —  both  bred  —  Kazan  —  x  —  Golden  Orbit  ..   Long  Lemon also  has  a  very  tall,…