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Why Not Join the NZ National Daffodil Society? National Daffodil Society Secretary Mrs Denise McQuarrie 26 Greenhill Road Ngatimoti RD 1 Motueka 7161 New Zealand (03) 526 8847 Email: natdaffsec@paradise.net.nz Web: http://www.daffodil.org.nz/
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Join the Otago Daffodil Group A group of friendly daffodil enthusiasts who meet in early spring for staging and judging nights, along with the popular autumn bulb sale and a meeting looking at twin scaling and other reproductive forms of daffodil cultivation. Meetings held at Green Island, nr Dunedin. Trevor Rollinson (03) 454 4612 Email: rollin@ihug.co.nz
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For the perfect spring Daffodils for garden and exhibition
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Noeline and Donald McLaren, 124 Mercer Road, RD 1, Balclutha 9271, New Zealand – mercervaledaffs@xtra.co.nz
Photo Journal
What’s happening at Mercervale Daffodils?
Visitors welcome
Page 1
(last updated 8 Sep 2010)
26 August 2010
A glorious ‘spring’ day – fifth in a row. Perfect for strolling in the sun to see what daffodils are flowering. Still very early season for South Otago though so I’m making the most of it.
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Left – down in the paddock good old February Gold was the first to flower. A few days later Peeping Tom is once again delighting me (centre left). I adore its long, narrow trumpet and slim waist. Both are division 6, cyclamineus. At centre right is Jumblie flowering in the mini bed. Towai is flowering in the mini bed (far right).
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Little Gem flowering in a tub with intensely fragrant Boronia megastigma ‘Lutea’ – a gorgeous boronia I haven’t managed to kill yet! Centre is another pic of Peeping Tom. Right - one of the many self seeded winter roses (Helleborus)
2 September 2010
In the space of half an hour, the sun has disappeared and the good old Waitepeka wind has got up – fit to blow the spots of your giraffe! Perhaps the weather man is right – predicting hail and snow in the next couple of days. Quick dash round the garden and paddock to take some pics.
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Left to right: Tete a Tete; Rampage 1st good show flower – hoping it will develop before hail (must cover!);
Heamoor 1st flower, new bulb last year
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L-r: Trena just opening; Warbler, new this year; Jetfire in garden has yet to colour up (orange trumpet)
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L-r: Milemcro beginning to open; Perfect Spring (sure hope it is this year!!)
8 September 2010
Finally the weather has settled and warmed up a little. So what is flowering up near the house?
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L-r: Eaton Song, Voodoo, Tinkerbell, sister to Trena above, Snipe just coming into flower in the mini bed – yet to reflex. All are cyclamineus hybrids.
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L-r: Hollie Marie just opened, little Camborne in the mini bed, Kokopelli, a gorgeous jonquilla hybrid of good show quality (why didn’t I spread out the florets before photographing?)
last updated 8 Sep 2010
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