Friends, My Ox Blood Lilies, Rhodophiala bifida, are in bloom! Like Spider Lilies, Ox Blood Lilies bloom soon after rain in September. I really do like them!
Ox Blood Lilies
Month: September 2014
1Y-R seedling
Hi Everyone Spring has come early here in Dunedin with plenty of flowers out. A cross I did in 2007 was between Ohakune a Max Hamilton raised 1Y-O and Glenfarclas. The cross has yielded a number of good coloured trumpets…
September 2014 Daffodil Journal
Hi All, Just received a September 2014 “The Daffodil Journal.” It could be an early copy. Excellent work as usual. Loved the colored pictures. Also got a kick out of Bob Spotts Article “Successful Daffodil Show Exhibitors, 2000-2014.” I didn’t…
Otaki – a few more .Kiwi Redcups .
As would be expected at an early season show , the div 2 Redcups were at their peak . The class for a vase of 3 stems redcups had 10 bright entries — surprisingly there were no mixed vases .Also…
Narcissus viridiflorus
The daffodil season for 2014/2015 is starting. I began watering in mid August this year as opposed to late September in 2013. The first of the N. viridiflorus is open with more to come. Narcissus viridiflorus is endemic to the…
OTAKI DAFFODIL SHOW – 2014
Our local Otaki Horticultural Society had our 116 th Spring show on Friday 5 September .We have downsized to a smaller one day show as our regular growers and supporters are all steadily ageing ; up and down in one…