Author: David Adams

Photo for Daffseek

A photo of Flying Hawk 6Y – Y for your enjoyment and for Nancy to add to Daffseek. I wanted to call it Harrier after the British VTO fighter as the petals remind me of the wing configuration of the plane. Unfortunately…

Bambi

Bambi will never be a show flower yet I love it. August is our coldest month in Christchurch yet early in the month Bambi begins to flower. It masses to give a lovely display and is a reminder that the good…

Div 11

John, Whilst in Holland this year we saw a seedling described as a ‘double split corona’ It clearly showed the characteristics of both divisions. Yes it has been tried elsewhere. Dave

Olympic Medals and flowers.

Okay Ian, here’s a challenge. I will give GB 10 gold and 40 medals in total. With a population of 60 million that is about one medal per 1.5 million people. I reckon the kiwis will get about 6 gold and…

Family

Hi all, I have often taken hybrids of N cyclamineus, along witth the seed parent and the species into high school genetics classes. I believe in Div 6 hybrids we see the characteristics of both parents most clearly with the cyclamineus flower…