I accidentally left my camera at home re-charging so my Canberra show report this year is limited. One named flower that caught my eye that I had not seen before was Ian Dyson’s ‘Ettamogah’. It has a strong yellow perianth,…
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Author: Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
Reflections on cyclamineus
This season a few favorite cyclamineus have been moved to the house in the hope I will be able to cultivate them properly in pots. I like the long straight ones but I think the neatly rolled ones are my…
White Trumpets
Spring has come early by a couple of weeks for some varieties. The flower not yet registered as Yazjoy opened in July. Unfortunately is is 1-2 mm short of being a 1W-W. A miraculously nice (for me) miniature white…
Paperwhites
Different paperwhites flower here in Canberra from about April to September. Flowering time is influenced by both rainfall and temperature. A couple more paperwhite N. broussonetii seedlings have flowered here and these too have, at best, only slight fertility. The autumn…
Early July
We are heading into mid-winter here but nevertheless there are plenty of daffodils. Bulbocodiums of course: Some nice tazettas – just. A cyclataz from N. cyclamineus x Autumn Colors: Some fertile viridiflorus hybrids: A ghostly Viriverse x N. dubius: I…
Season begins in Canberra
A cool wet period in summer triggered the elegans hybrids so it now just a matter of making sure they don’t dry out and protecting them from the most intense heat For those interested, this season’s bulb and…