Author: David Adams

Minis

Brian, My experience is that Div 6 and 7 will last for 6 weeks or more in the fridge. Cultivars such as Little Gem do not last more than a few days. The cyclamineus and jonquilla species have incredible fridge…

Oh Dear

I’m getting worried. In the next month I will pass through Heathrow three times. I will probably pass my luggage coming in as I go out!!!!! or maybe I could pick up Ian’s case for him and use his unwanted…

climate

Dave Luditch and Peter are both correct. Peter is correct when he says that the whole of New Zealand is considered to be a temperate climate. Dave is correct when he suggests variations within that. The Waikato and Taranaki where Peter…

Kokopelli

Melissa is correct, Kokopelli is on the New Zealand miniature list. It was put there when our miniature list was first developed, based on the ADS miniature list of the day. Now that it is widely grown in New Zealand many…

Floods

Keith Kridler, Just as the Ohio snows made our news a fortnight ago flooding in Texas made it last night. In your last posting you mentiomed some wet areas at your place and I think have mentioned a creek at…

A Touch of colour

This is the parent corm. It must be close to a foot across now. It hasn’t flowered as well this year. I particularly like the cyclamen hederifolium group as they produce a lovely mound of flowers in the autumn and…