Category Archives: Garden Daffodils

What is eating my flowers?

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Editor

Lots of people have been asking this question. It has been such a wet Spring in the UK that flowers are being eaten, even before they have opened. Such wet conditions have been ideal for molluscs (slugs and snails). Combined … Continue reading →

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Name that Daffodil

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Editor

Lots of enquries on the the Society’s Facebook page asking if people can put a name to a variety. If you have one you want to know the name, we are at: https://www.facebook.com/thedaffodilsociety This distinctive one is ‘Rataplan’.

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Scented Daffodils

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Editor

The March 2024 edition of The Garden magazine (free to all RHS members) contains nine pages on scented Daffodils. The two articles are beautifully illustrated.

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Pure Joy for £1

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Editor

How many years have you been able to buy a bunch of daffodils for £1? You can pay more in some supermarkets and find larger and more colourful blooms as the season progresses.. However in February these all yellow daffodils … Continue reading →

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February Gold

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Editor

A lovely swathe of February Gold in Weston super Mare really living up to it’s name.

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Tete-a-tete

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Editor

‘Tete-a-Tete’ is providing some welcome early colour on the Sussex coast.

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Avon Bulbs plan for the end of an era

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Editor

Avon bulbs, the Somerset nursery specialising in bulbs for the flower garden, will close in 2024. Owner Chris Ireland-Jones said ” It has been a tricky decision to make but this will be the last autumn catalogue that we produce … Continue reading →

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Our Editor shares her love of daffodils

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Editor

A little clip of Camilla and her daffodils. Click Here to View  

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Shuttleworth Swiss Garden, Bedfordshire

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Editor

Thanks to Michael Baxter for these lovely pictures of the SHUTTLWORTH SWISS GARDEN AT OLD WARDEN AERODROME, BEDFORDSHIRE. What a glorious sight.  

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Spring has Sprung

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Editor
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