Just as the very last flowers of the very late poet wither a bulbocodium decides to send up a last flower. With temperatures of 35C what was it thinking? Not surprisingly, most seed pods have ripened.
Last final encore
Author: Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
last flower
A couple of weeks after the last daffodils this late poet, grown from seed from Steve Vinisky, flowers. Late flowers tend not to do well here, presumably because there is not much remaining growing season, but this one seems to…
Hand-over Time
As the first flowers start in the northern hemisphere the season here is almost finished. This is a late poet – Como x Seagreen. I now have some leisure to add some more photos. I really like this poet for…
Early Season
It is now early season here. Habit has started flowering, which is one of the first, as have a number of early selections. Early division 3’s are rare for me but a few are starting to appear. Fred Silcock has…
More Gold Step breeding
Gold Step is Alfriston (2Y-R) x bulbocodium. Selfed, presumably, it has produced a number of hybrids with further fertility. 09_09MB is almost fully fertile and has selfed to produce further fertile hybrids similar to itself. 09_14MB has very slight fertility.…
Aug 15 cyclamineus
Cyclamineus has started flowering. 99_03D Gayi x cyclamineus has proven to be extremely vigorous as has 02_12D, a miniature trumpet at the front of the picture. 99_03D x N. hispanicus (pinetorum) is charming to those who like pin wheels.…