Month: November 2011

Emerald Sea x N. triandrus pallidulus

This flower has one chromosome set of N. viridiflorus, one of a 3W-GWW standard daffodil and one of N. triandrus pallidulus. I expected a flower with more than one blossom per stem, back swepped perianth segments, and more green, which…

Planting Daffodils

Daffnet, I’ve not seen a lot of activity on daffnet about planting daffodils, but for those of us that are on the North side of the world it is daffodil planting time, or almost planting time. I have done a lot…

one more

Here’s the one flower I was most captivated with during the 2000 convention, then known as WH27/7 and now ‘Spring Bouquet’, as nearly ever flower was so strongly flushed pink in the petals… it does the same in our climate…

A Picture For you

Hello Molly, It is Melianthus major, a native of South Africa, I have grown it for many years. Needs to be contained as it has a habit to wander. In parts of New Zealand it is classed as a pest.…