Month: July 2011

Emailing: Daffs 2011 003

Here is a photo for Daffseek. It is Spud Brogden’s Hyscent. It has a strong scent and this year is my second variety to bloom. What appeared to be an early season now looks to be normal. Ron Tyrrell

Guess what?

Guess what kind of flower depicted? Who’ll be first with the common name and who with the botanical name? I saw thousands of these spectacularly white flowers on the sand dunes/salt flats near Giens on a little narrow peninsula that…

views.

Far to many choices when looking for a new camera. Stuck to reliable Cannon, more megs and a lot more zoom. All of those who have driven down the center of the North Island, possibly from Hamilton to the Wellington…

yellow double

I always have a few pots for my old mums patio. She is a great gardener and floral artist, slowing down gracefully. Lots of Lachenalias, nice Leucodendron at back. Double is one of my seedlings — Lunar Probe.- not tall,…

white double.

I,ve been chasing early white doubles with less success than the yellows. This is an 07 seedling that is going well, 13 buds this season. Not large — 90 – 95 mm, hangs its head a little, but tall, strong…

Big Double.

The doubles started early, as did all the daffs. First D,s to market 2 July this year, 25 July last season. Waikato has had few fogs or frosts — Graham Phillips beat me by a few days. A big, strong…