Month: July 2014

2014 Early Season Kiwi Doubles

We  are  having  a  cold  spell  currently  but  the  current  season  has  started  early  ,  thanks  to  a  very  warm  June  .The  N Z   weather  summary  for  June  was  published  last  week  and  proved  what  the  flowers  had  realized–…

Tulips in July

Several nights ago, some of our granddaughter’s friends came over for a visit.  Joel, who is from England, did a very English thing.  He brought a bouquet of flowers, not unusual; however, orange tulips in July!  Surely they did not…

Hurricane Arthur

Hi everyone, Reporting from the OBX of North Carolina after Hurricane Arthur. Supposedly the eye of the storm when over the Outer Banks (OBX), of NC about 4 miles south of us about the border of Kitty Hawk and Kill…

Viridiflorus Seedlings .

John  Hunter  has a  host  of  viridiflorus  and  Emerald  Sea  seedlings  flowering  in  Nelson  ,  mid  winter  here  but  they  have  been  giving  tall  ,  strong  growing  and  fragrant  flowers  when  little  else  is  flowering  .John  has  had  a  few…

Early .Season Whites

The  first  cold  snap  for  the  Kiwi winter  is  covering  the  country  but  a  few  nice  flowers  are  slowly  opening . John  Hunter  has  bred  an  excellent  line  of  very  early  white  trumpets  . Both  Graham  Phillips  and  I  see…