I’m a happy daff grower! Not just because the daffodils are flowering in South Otago, New Zealand but because I have a achieved a long-held dream for our 150 year old barn! Yes, I finally got it all cleaned out…
The Daffodil Barn
Author: Noeline and Donald McLaren, New Zealand
Mercervale Daffodils is situated in rural South Otago near the town of Balclutha in the lower South Island of New Zealand - a great region for growing that beautiful spring flower – the daffodil. Visitors are welcome! Come and stroll among the daffodils. http://www.mercervaledaffodils.co.nz/
‘George Broughton’
Can anyone shed any light on a daffodil that flowered last spring in my South Otago garden? I ‘inherited’ it from my late mother and she gave it to me bearing the name ‘George Broughton’. It flowered late September here…
4mm plastic sheeting – where to get in New Zealand
The 2012 New Zealand Daffodil Annual has an article regarding soil solarisation which requires 4mm clear plastic sheeting. Has anyone in NZ done this and where did they get the clear plastic of that thickness. I’ve searched and searched and…
Emailing: 2010 10 18 Faintails 1, 2010 10 18 Fantails 2, 2010 10 18 Fantails 3
A pair of fantails are frequent companions in the barn when I am working with flowers in the spring and when working with bulbs in the autumn. As soon as they spot me go in they follow and usually chat…
Emailing: 2010 10 06 unknown 3WY (not Kiwi New Hope)
Hello everyone The photo attached is of a 3WY purchased a few years back as ‘New Hope’, now known as ‘Kiwi New Hope’. This name appears to be incorrect. I also grow Evesham and although it bears quite a resemblance…
daffodils & weather
Hi David The fencing material is brushwood fencing and comes in rolls with 3 heights. We are farmers, so you could say it is to keep the sheep and cattle out, but I use it where I can to…