The name N. deficiens is sometimes used for N. miniatus. It is derived from an old description of a Narcissus that flowered in cultivation that did not have a corona but instead a brown smudge at the edge of the…
Back in 2001 I placed pollen of John Hunter’s Emerald Sea onto a flower of N. cavanillesii. Eventually a plant from the cross flowered and then did so for several years until the pot it was in was misplaced and…
Saturday 6 October was a very late date for an end of season daffodil show when the season was running about 10 days early and had all but finished for most growers .The venue was new to all – Te Takeretanga…