Last year I posted a photo of N Ngaire Rogers. It has ten petals and is consistent in form and show quality. It is from a cyclamineus cross. The first flower of mine opened today with the expected ten petals.…
Ngaire Rogers
Author: David Adams
Garden Shows
Hi Folks, It seems strange to arrive home from a spring daffodil convention and to immediately be involved in organizing an Autumn Garden Show and National Chrysanthemum Show. The Chrysanthemum Show was combined with a presentation by the Canterbury Horticultural…
Sad
Malcolm Wheeler’s mum died last night. She was very special to Malcolm and Rozanne and a regular visitor to our shows. Our thoughts are with Malcolm at this time. David Adams
Guess what
Hi Folks, Today I invited a couple of friends to help me dig some mixed bulbs. One retired 75 year old turned up with a fork. I explained that I would be ploughing the patch and his fork would not…
Identification
I can’t seem to find a place to reply to Bonnie’s question on identification of a tazetta that she posted. I suggest that the flower stem is from an open pollinated tazetta seed and shows variation from the species. The flower…
Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone. Christmas day has dawned here in Christchurch. We expect a warm, balmy 26* here today. See you in St Louis. Leitha and Dave