Author: Brian Duncan, Northern Ireland

Sad news

Dear All, I had a phone call this morning from Anne Quinn, (niece of Patrick (Paddy) Kiernan) saying that he died last evening, 28th July after a short illness. Patrick had his 92nd birthday in June. Patrick’s involvement in breeding…

N. graellsii

I was delighted to learn from Theo that N. b. graellsii is a tetraploid. It is one of my favourite bulbocodiums though quite variable in form and size. Nore recently theo has mentioned several other bulbocodiums as tetraploids that will…