Month: September 2010

Rongotea .

A  rather  attractive  intermediate  size  split  was in  the  same  class  . A  size  comparison  shows  how  small  it  is  . Bright  colours  ;  it  is  a  Tiritomba  seedling  ,  not  quite  show  form  but  caught  the  eye  of  quite …

Rongotea

Hi  Daffnetters  , Inside  early  this  evening  —  we  have  had  very  stormy  weather  over  the whole country  this  weekend  —  good  to  be  out  of  the  wind  ..Heavy  snow  down  south and  still  shaking  in  Canterbury  — they  have …

Christchurch Show results

 Greeting everyone. The Christhurch show was held yesterday and despite all the doom and gloom around the recent earthquake there were some good flowers put up. The judging panel included Harold Koopowitz and his friend who’s name escapes me,…

Fw: Autumn garb of Clematis tangutica

  The seed heads are almost as pretty as the flowers on this climbing Clematis – if allowed it could almost become a weed and I find myself removing seedlings from the miniature daffodilbeds each year.