[Fermi]

Here's a triandrus hybrid from Keira Bulbs in Canberra,
KB-M-64-91-1S;
Another "green' one from Lawrence Trevanion in Canberra
07-03-MJ ('Hillstar' x 'Emerald Sea')
and a clump of 'Mitimoto', a hybrid hoop from Rod Barwick in Tasmania,
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

Some more daffs from our garden,
A delightful Div 6 WW which I think is 'Mitzy'
A 6WY called 'Slip'ry' from Glenbrook Bulb Farm in Tasmania
A similar one called 'Trena' raised in NZ
cheers
fermi

[Daisy]

Fermi, I keep coming back to your photos.
I love all narcissus, but I think my favourite from your photos is the hoop petticoat hybrid Mitimoto.
They look so fresh to me at this time of year, when my garden here in the northern hemisphere is looking so messy and overgrown.
Daisy

[Alisdair]

Daisy, I'm slightly surprised to agree with you! The surprise is because although I love narcissi, of all the species the hoop-petticoat types usually seem a little ungainly to me, their crowns so big and heavy in comparison with their shrunken perianths. But that patch of Mitimoto in Fermi's picture looks absolutely lovely, enough to convert anyone to hooped petticoats!

[pamela]

I love Triandrus daffodill.  My favorite is Narcissus 'Thalia' which I planted about 100 last year and I have now just bought another 100 to plant asap.  It is so beautiful in a mediterranean environment ..the white under the dark green foliage..... 

[Daisy]

My first Narcissus have started flowering in my garden.
The first flowers opened Christmas week, but a few more have opened now.
If my memory is not letting me down, I believe that they are Narcissus tazetta Grande Soleil d'Or.
Daisy


004 by Daisyincrete, on Flickr


005 by Daisyincrete, on Flickr

[David John Thomas]

Sounds like a very narrow selection of dying gods and archetypes.  Many  female divinities die(literally and figuratively in the process of
giving birth to the hero/messiah/redeeming god.

[Umbrian]

Lovely as always to see 'photos from your beautiful garden Daisy  -  a welcome relief from all the serious, but important,discussions that are going on at the moment regarding plant labelling.

[anita]

Hi, I'm hoping for some advice on growing N obsoletus/serotinus from seed. I've had the bulbs flower in the garden this March (Southern Hemisphere) and have just harvested the ripe seed. I suspect that the species' early flowering (and seeding) habit means that the seed should be sown immediately but was wondering if others had any advice to offer. Also should I sow shallowly or deep? Thanks Anita

[oron peri]

Hi Anita,
Yes you should sow them as soon as possible. Like many autumnal bulbuos plants they germinate in the next  few weeks. Sow shellowly, about 5mm deep and i suggest to put a layer of 1cm of crushed gravel to protect it.
It needs full sun and should flower after 3-4 years.

[anita]

Thank you Oron, i'll get the seeds in over Easter.
Anita

[Fermi]

Anita,
our Narcissus obsoletus is only coming into flower now!
Hopefully we'll get seed as well
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

We had Lawrence Trevanion from Canberra speak at our Victorian Daffodil Society meeting on Sunday. He's been breeding different sorts of daffs including autumn flowering types. He allowed us to take some of his cutflowers home and I took pics yesterday morning of these Narcissus elegans x N. tazetta hybrids,
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

Another cutflower from Lawrence is waht I think is Narcissus miniatus x 2 pics;
and our first Narcissus viridiflorus, which I picked for the meeting x 2 pics,
cheers
fermi

[Daisy]

I love the Narcissus elegans and tazetta hybrids Fermi.  Are they highly scented?
Daisy