Hi Folks, Looks like we are going to have a late season hear. Coldest spring since 1963 according to the weatherman. Daffodils are at least 2 if not 3 weeks later than usual. The weather has…
Blooming in N Ireland
Author: Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland
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Hi All, Cold and very frosty here in N Ireland. I’m sure all of you in warmer climes wish you had the opportunity to take some frosty photos. I was just wondering if the attached photo shows…
Christmas greetings
Hi All, Here in N Ireland we are having an earlier than usual cold spell. Snow earlier this week and now freezing fog. This is playing havoc with air, rail and road travelling over the holiday. …
NIDG Meeting
Hi, Ron Scamp from Cornwall was the guest speaker for the ‘Lecture of The Year’ at todays meeting of the Northern Ireland daffodil group. Ron grows 17 acres of daffodils in Cornwall. He showed us how the bulbs…
First flowers
Hi, My second n. romieuxii from seed sown 3 years ago. The first flower to bloom a few weeks ago was white, this one is more what I expected; a pale yellow. It’s been wet here ( N Ireland)…
New Season Flower
Hi, Arrived back from holidays to find this romieuxii grown from apline society seed in flower (3rd year from seed). It is whiter than I would have expected, however there is another bud coming so will see what colour…