A very happy and joyful Christmas season and very best wishes for 2014 to all our daffodil family from all over the world. Denise and Neil McQuarrie, Christmas Eve, New Zealand.
Author: Denise and Neil McQuarrie, New Zealand
South Island, New Zealand
A New Zealand Bereavement
It is with sadness that I advise NDS members that Taranaki member Roy Willcox passed away on Saturday. Roy, from Hawera, was well known in the Taranaki – Central area as a keen Amateur exhibitor. He and his wife Noeleen…
McQ Seedlings
A few seedlings I picked today. J33 is a striking large flower. Bred from Hilite x 2W-R seedling it is Div. 3. This double OC262 is a pretty thing, there were 6 flowers this year,…
Aircastle – Beautiful name for a wonderful daffodil.
Even though it is getting to the end of the season, there is always Aircastle to look forward to. First registered 55 years ago, I would be proud to find it in my seedling patch today. It is one of…
Canaliculatus and Snipe
Further to the discussion on Canaliculatus Neil took this photo in the patch today. I also have the one I call the non-flowerer although it does have the odd stem. When I put them side by side I can’t tell…
Twin bulbocodium
Some of you may remember the twin flowering bulbocodium in our patch. This year it has repeated its twin flowering, and here is a photo of it. The flowers have been opening over the last couple of weeks, so it…