Author: Robin Hill, New Zealand

8/28/2008, New Zealand

Northern Daffodil Club Early Table Show

Hi All, The Northern Daffodil Club held its Early Table Show last Monday night at Hamilton Gardens. A good turnout of growers and flowers provided for a very enjoyable evening. There was considerable improvement in the quality of flowers from…

In Flower Today

This is the first flower of quite a large batch of three year old seedlings bred from Julia Jane x Smarple. The flower is approx 35mm wide and about 70mm tall. It is sparkling white with very strong texture. There…

Ten Significant Daffodils.

Hi All, The Morrinsville Horticultural Society, one of our local Waikato societies, will shortly be celebrating their 100th Centenary. As part of their celebrations they are doing a centenial publication and wanted a list of 10 significant daffodils. This got…

Northern Daffodil Club Early Early Show

Hi All, On June 15th the Northern Daffodil Club staged its early, early table show as part of the club meeting. This is the first time the club has staged a show so early in the season and it gave…

Bulbocodium

Hi Everyone. I thought that daffnetters might be interested in this flower. Apologies for the poor photograph. The flower is not of any great significance but the fact that it flowered 15 months after the seed was sown is. My…

Flowering in New Zealand

Its great to see the flowers from the Northern Hemisphere on Daffnet at the moment, keep them coming. I thought readers might be interested in my first daffodil for the season. Narcissus Miniatus opened its first bloom today, another bulb…