Author: Lawrence Trevanion, Australia

Very Early Season

The spring daffodils started a couple of weeks ago here. Species cyclamineus was later this year. I finally managed to split some of the clumps so that they would be less likely to rot. This was done a month or…

N. lagoi

The first pseudonarcissus species for the season is tiny N. lagoi.    Put into a head of frost bitten Gramonella gives a better idea of its scale. One of the tazettas, sad though it is, is very interesting. Cyclamineus x…

zaianicus

Hi Dave, I can’t help you much. I have old photos and no expertise. My photos that include the name ‘zaianicus’ don’t appear to be consistent. They have all been grown from seed so feel free to speculate on the…

Winter bulbocodiums

It has been a cold frosty winter here and many flowers are later than usual. The tazettas in the field are miserable. The paperwhites are miserable too but they seem a little more hardy. The viridiflorus hybrids in the field…

Canberra early May

Thanks everyone for the the show reports and pictures. We’ve had the first couple of touches of frost here. N. viridiflorus is flowering as are some of its second generation fertile hybrids. The bulbocodium season has begun. The triggers to…

Brown daffodils / Variable flowering time

14_09T

Elegans/obsoletus opens greenish brown and then develops to an intense orange. It looks as if this development in the hybrids can be delayed and that both green and brown coronas are possible. 09_02T  x Gold Step. (09_02T is a First…