Roger makes an interesting point about leaf material. Many of you have seen pictures of my patch of N cyclamineus. They are thriving under some silver birch trees and I’m convinced the covering of leaves every winter is essential to…
Author: David Adams
Christmas and New Year
Leitha and I join others in sending season’s greetings. We came to Brisbane Dec 24th and will stay until next week. It was lovely to spend Christmas with Maree but the extra reason is that she turns 40 next week…
Earwigs
Hello everyone, Earwigs are a real problem here too. I didn’t have any this year in my first year down patch where there were no weeds nor decaying weed material… Maybe keeping the soil clean helps. A few years ago…
Brandham article in RHS Yearbook
Hi again, I received my copy of the RHS Yearbook today. It makes very interesting reading. I was particularly interested in an article by Peter Brandham regarding the classification of the species. In it he suggests that it may be…
Lifting daffodils
Hello everyone, We often get questions on Daffnet about people moving house and wondering when they can lift their bulbs. Here is an experience we had. About five years ago I was playing golf with Sam, a teenager, who bemoaned…
Manly
A group of Manly. You may notice a bud still to open. Also note the summer mulch is well into its growing season. Strange. Dave