Hi The end of the season is not far away with hot weather on its way. We have got to miniature size with our doubles but they are not all the nice layered ones like Paul’s. There are some interesting…
A few end of season blooms
Month: September 2015
Some blooms this season
Season just about finished, a few poets and late Irish flowers opening.The following pics are what caught my eye in my patch this year.The small white-orange double is just about miniature with terrific form.The 1 Y-Y, I am not 100%…
Flowering now in Canberra
We have some exceptional seedlings flower at the moment. A true miniature double and a miniature bulbocodium with deep scalloping that is very symmetrical. I almost overlooked the miniature 7W-P because it is quite small and was facing away from…
Pragmatic question from drought-plagued Northern Hemisphere
We are delighting in all of these gorgeous pictures which remind us that it is springtime Down Under. But across the Northern Hemisphere, plagued by drought and high heat (my home state has had 2.6 total inches of rain since…
Perception
Hi Folks, At all local shows we mount a trade stand for selling bulbs from our catalogue. As the season is very late we had few named, exhibition cultivars available for our stand in Christchurch last weekend so we collected…
Daffodil Flag Flying
Last week we had an unusual two and a bit inches of rain (no our drought is not broken). Today it was 103F again. Nevertheless I found this neglected pot of Narcissus cavanillesii with the first flower open. This is…