Category Archives: Daffodil Hunting

Autumn Flowering Daffodils

The elusive autumn flowering daffodil is in fine form this year. Visit the Daffodil Society’s Northern Group’s website and read about James Aker’s recent trip and see photographs of all five of the autumn flowering species to be found in … Continue reading

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Jan & Lynne’s Daffodil Travels

Hello Everybody, We thought it was about time we sent you all another update on our Daffodil Reports. It has been a couple of weeks since we were last on-line at a campsite with Wifi and some really wet weather … Continue reading

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More news from Galicia

Narcissus triandrus is out in profusion at the bottom of our campsite and we found our first hybrid between it and N.bulbocodium a few days ago (now recognized as N.x fosteri). In botanical nomenclature, only the species names count as … Continue reading

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Notes From Spain – Part Two

Since our first report forwarded on 28th January both the weather and the daffodil sightings have picked up considerably. Our trip to Lires and Cape Finisterre (Cabo Fisterra) took us along the coastal road from our campsite near Ribeira, throgh … Continue reading

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Notes From Spain

About 10 or 11 years ago, Lynne and I revisited Galicia to try and find N.cyclamineus and hopefully, N.lagoi. This latter plant being the one as described in John Blanchard’s book on Narcissus species in the wild and attributed to … Continue reading

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