An update from Portstewart; The div 6 seedlings from a 1W-W miniature seedling (small talk OP x n cyc) x ncyc. have reached their mature flower colour. The flowers that opened 6W-Y have faded to 6W-W. The small…
Now that the days are getting longer some seedlings are flowering in the cold greenhouse. First is a bulbocodium raised from alpine society seed. Unfortunately the top part of the label faded and I was just left with the part…
A number of years ago I sowed some romieuxii seed from the alpine society and among the yellow flowers were some white ones. I crossed these 4 years ago and now have a small pot with 8 white flowers that…
We have just had the coldest March for about 50 years. Parts of n Ireland are still under snow but living near the coast I escaped the most of it. However night temperatures have been mostly -1 0r -2 degrees…
Hi, Earlier this week I marked the first 3 seedlings for 2013. All in the same pot and from the same cross; ‘Causeway Gem’ x n. cyclamineus. They are all div6 Y-Y sdg 1301 is just inside the miniature size at 48mm;…
First couple of flowers from a cross done 3years ago. The seed parent is a 1W-W miniature from ‘small talk’ op x ‘Elka’ and the pollen parent is n cyclamineus. The two flowers are quite different; the first one opens W-Y…