Author: Dave Hardy

My name is Dave Hardy and I live in Northern Ireland. Started my interest in daffodils in autumn 2011 after attending NIDG meeting. Competed in a few shows spring 2012 and planning on doing alot more as time goes on.

New NIDG webpage

Northern Ireland Daffodil Group (NIDG) have a new webpage. At present it is a work in progress. We hope to add many more interesting and useful pages over the coming months. Please feel free to let us know what you…

RHS Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2013

I have just got the  latest edition of the RHS’ Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2013 . It is a fantastic read and includes some really interesting articles. Harold Koopowitz ‘s article about miniature Div 11 is fantastic and very informative.      …

RHS Early Daffodil Show 26th March 2013

Yesterday was the RHS Early Daffodil show held in London. Members of the NIDG did very well and below are a selection of the winning blooms. This is Brian Duncan’s First place winning six from the seedling section. It was…

Seed Sown

Back in December I posted a photo (see below) of the sowing that I had done very late. I wasn’t expecting much from the seeds and lots of advice suggested that I would need to wait til the following year…

NIDG Winter Show 2013

The Northern Ireland Daffodil Group Winter Show was held on the 24th February. It was a fantastic day out for all and a great start to the show season. Below are a selection of photos of blooms from the show.…