Month: January 2013

Daffodils blooming out of season in my garden

The first two are of ‘Monal’ 2Y-R.  This head actually looked like it broke off when we had 32% F weather hear and still bloomed.  It has three or four sisters budded and awaiting blooming.  This was until two years…

Bicolor bulbocodium siblings – A Range of colors

This is a cross using one of my bulbocodium seedlings crossed with a bulbocodium seedling from the late Ed Zinkowski. A Selection from this cross was further crossed with ‘Mitimoto’ a highly regarded bicolor bulbocodium from Rod Barwick of Tasmania.…

Seed Sowing

After being given some seeds from Brian (and lots of advice) I have spent a very wintry morning in the polytunnel sowing. The seeds have been sown in an old wormery section. Good depth and size. The drainage is obviously…

Earlier Spring flowering times

It’s not just daffodils, folks, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/130117/global-warming-brings-early-us-spring-flowers-st Global warming trumps April showers when it comes to spring flowers, a new study finds. Record warm temperatures in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest spring flowers in US history, according to research…

“Failed” Miniature Pink Trumpet Cross

This is V06-12-4 which is a cross of V99-3-3=(Xana x Candlepower) x Rosy Posy. ‘Rosy Posy’ is Sid DuBose’s best formed, smallest, and deepest pink color value Intermediate. Sort of a scruffy flower overall, it opens with the faintest tinge…