As Lawrence T mentioned in his very interesting recent post , we are almost out of flowers and it,s time to pass the baton to the Northern growers .I picked a few late blooms today and also met Wilf Hall , who also had his last few flowers .I mentioned the post from Lawrence and Wilf commented that it was this week in 2012 that Wilf and Lawrence were hosted by Harold K and Steve H , for a few days in California before their engagements at the Nashville Fall Board meeting . A trip that Wilf recalls fondly .Whilst in California they visited Bill Welch ; Wilf commented that he would expect Bill to be picking a lot of beautiful tazettas between now and Christmas. So with Harold , Mary Lou and Bill flowering , the North is well able to keep the International daffodil season going . It,s an interesting concept that on any given day of the year , there will be daffs flowering somewhere in the world .
Wilf had a late flowering tazetta ; three 60 – 70 mm heads on a shortish stem . GMX – 88 has been measured for registration , it will be 8 W GW , however that code does not do it justice . The cup is clean white on the outside but the inside has a deep green throat that turns lime yellow further up the cup . Different and distinctive .And Wilf commented , with a cheeky smile , ” definitely an Intermediate tazetta , if such a class exists .” .
Wilf also had a handul of COMO , quite fresh with no cup burning . Very White and quite round , – easy to see how it has influenced many of the round poet seedlings that the Kiwi breeders are producing .Also , larger than many of the older poets .
One of the last in John Hollevers patch was a nice pink that had just opened – very late . LADYMEADS , 2W – P , is a Noel Burr 2003 registration .A beautiful show quality perianth , good size and a pink cup that under a bright sun , almost had orange / pink tones .An impressive flower but to late for even the very late shows .
The last few in my patch were a few late pinks and also a few redcups , all from Brian Duncan .They included , EYRIE , EYELET , BURNING BUSH and TRUEBLOOD , – a nice last vase .
LAST DICE is an attractive , two tone yellow double and I will have one more big bunch of it as my final season daffs .
I still have a few photos of odds and ends , – interesting flowers from over the show season , to post as time permits over the next few weeks .
If any other Kiwi growers have photos from the shows or recent registrations , ( particularly if they are not on DAFFSEEK ) , I will hopefully put them up on daffnet if you can EMAIL them to me . November is usually a quiet month and we always need a few posts to keep the interest in our favourite flower and website , busy .Meanwhile I have quite a few beautiful HIPPEASTRUMS just starting to flower and keep me happy over the early summer .