Narcissus 2010

[fermi de Sousa]

Here are a few shots of the sturdiest narcissus available, which I recently found at the Southport Botanic Gardens.

Frazer,
it looks like it has an iron constitution...not to mention a sturdy gait!
 
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi, update from Dunedin, NZ. Cantabricus flowering and romieuxii, monophyllus, taffeta, clusii and Julia Jane all have buds.

Like Kees, our first daff of the "winter/spring" types is a hoop - possibly "Nylon"


cheers
fermi

[Kees Green]

Very nice Fermi, I have Taffeta out now.
My cantabricus clusii have increased from 6 flowers last season to 14 and counting this year, will like quite nice when flowering-I will try to remember to post a pic, also have 40 seedlings of clusii as well. Its unusual as my cantabricus foliosus appear to have simply divided into non flowering sized bulbs in the same conditions.
I really like the hoops, keep posting pics people.

[annew]

I have lots of open pollinated seeds from my pots of assorted seedlings of N. rupicola marvieri x watieri (see pic below of variation). The results from these seeds are likely to give a nice variety of small daffodils with short cups in different combination of white through to yellow. Would anyone like to have some fun with them?

[Kees Green]

The weather here has been, well awful for the last week and now snow hit the hill areas.
I have not been able to get out to photograph the latest hoops that are out, I will when I can and post a pic.
I just hope the continuous rain does not ruin the blooms.

[Kees Green]

The weather is not supposed to clear for a while so I brought in some of the flowering hoops, took some pics. They are not the best but I hope it makes others post what they have flowering in the southern hemisphere at present.
Anyway here are a pic of Taffeta and cantabricus clusii.

[Kees Green]

Well here are some more pics, updated from last time.
And my little apprentice enjoying helping his dad.

[Maggi Young]

Grand daffs and a really cute apprentice, Kees. So much fun to see him lending a hand....but keeping going with the biscuit at the same time... a boy after my own heart!

[Ragged Robin]

Great to see your budding apprentice Kees and good to see he can multi task - your pot of daffs is really lovely too

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Kees, both of 'em

[galahad]

Awww..Cute 

[bulborum]

I found some last year pictures I forgot to send in
Narcissus pallidiflorus RGB and
Narcissus pallidiflorus flore pleno RGB

Roland

[Paul T]

A couple of the N. bulbocodium types that we have in flower here at the moment....

Narcissus cantabricus ssp cantabricus and an old one that I have had for years which I am not sure of the name of.  Always the first to flower for me every year when it flowers.  Could be 'Nylon' I guess, but no idea for sure either way. 

Narcissus romieuxii var Rifanus JWB 89-23 (I think I got the name right this year, I had it incorrectly spelled last year but hope I have it right this time?) is in full flower right now, and I also have Narcissus 'Fyno' in flower now as well (I can post a pic if wanted).

I hope this doesn't upset people by my posting Southern Hemisphere stuff in the main Narcissus topic.  I think I recall it being a problem at times in the past, but I wasn't sure it was worthwhile starting a new topic or not?  If wanted to, moderators can feel free to split this off into a new topic if they'd like.

[Paul T]

And some of my "Autumn Colour Strain" jonquilla/tazetta type seedlings that I post every year.  Some have been in flower for weeks now, while others are just opening.  Very cool to always have them early each year, regardless of the season.

[bulborum]

Nice white N.bulbocodium Paul

good to see in summer here some daffs
it looks if the winter is far away
If you have some spare seeds later
you can make me happy

Roland