Hi Last year I visited one of Tony Davis’ daffodil plots in Bowral and was very taken by a couple of high quality mid-season flowering poeticus seedlings that were close to miniature. While we have a lot of bulbs there…
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Flowering now – some miniatures that stand out
It has been a week since the Canberra Show and we are into mid-late season now with the miniature tazettas and apodanthe hybrids out in numbers. The miniature split cup tazetta is something completely different.
New Trevanion Bulbocodium hybrids at the Canberra Show
Lawrence Trevanion exhibited a number of his fertile bulbocodium hybrids at the Canberra Show. The judges preferred the bulbocodiums that did not have wide perianths. Lawrence’s new hybrids add an extra element to the bulbocodium classes. We have a few…
Miniatures at the Canberra Show
I have been remiss in not posting photos of the Glenbrook Trophy Class at the Canberra Show. It is a keenly contested class with Keira Bulbs and Lawrence Trevanion competing with their latest creations. This year Glen Sheldrick also competed.I…
Some new seedlings
Hi It is mid-season here now. Our Canberra Show was last weekend so it the right time for all the spectacular seedlings to flower!
And now for something completely different
The attached flower attracted some attention at the Canberra Show. It is a bit of everything. A standard cup in the middle but with a deal of doubling and split cups as well! It was certainly a talking point. I…