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vanozzi said:Thanks for all the thumbs-up.Managed to plant all the henryi bulbs in the new bed,never done a spring planting before, usually a lot more organised than that!.Thanks for the consideration of asking about my back problem Josh.It's fairly stable at the moment, thanks to the regular physio treatment, new exercises to do several times a day and no walking Mischa on lead--she is just too powerful and HIGHLY strung and despite all the training I did with her, at 10 months she is almost too much for me and I'm a pretty strong guy, but unfortunately now an old fart.Did some damage to my knee trying to squat down in a narrow space between poly boxes to take a picture of a new miniature daffodil seedling, just 10 cms tall.Now this is giving me more grief than my back.
The martagon seedling is very early, it's growing in the shade house.I had placed some large lids of polystyrene on the west end of the shade house last summer, in an effort to cool that butt end from the hot afternoon sun, but never thought of how it may affect any winter/spring early growers.This flowering martagon stem was laying across the boxes, hence the weak stem.I've removed those lids for now.It is a first year flowering stem, seed sown in 2011, so its ok with floret number.
Here is a picture of 85% martagon seedlings, the rest mostly Lilium Japonicum and/or its hybrids,Some of these have had no cold treatment, just exposed to light when bagged (Joe Hoell system).Others have had conventional treatment, but 4 warm-cold periods.
Della, Tallboy is above ground, #81isn't yet.I'll be wrapped to see #81 flower and have many pollinations planned.
25 Aug 2016
miniature daffodil trumpet

Catching up. Haven't had the willpower lately to process pics or post, but here goes. I like the look of spring in Victoria, Josh and Paul. Paul, that's an awfully cute trumpet!

Paul, I hope all those plans come to fruition. #81 not up yet here either, but I have lots of lovely Joy Hawley seedling noses, thanks to you. I'm really looking forward to seeing these yearling babies and all their siblings flower:



Also, my first ever Tallboy seedlings will (if all goes well), bloom. (I love the henryi thing markings on the leaf underside):



Hmm... what else is in the seedling boxes?

Connie, these are your babies. They had a slow start (crappy batch of potting mix) but look set to make up for it with their first few flowers this summer:



And Rick, your babies have made it through the same tough start as Connie's; looking good now. A few days ago one of them just had to be teased out of searching for China:



Joe, these are a Summer Palace cross you sent me, planted late last summer/early autumn (so about 6 months old). I think I should have waited till spring, they seem stressed - I'll have to pamper them a bit!



Oh, and Ursula! Look at your little candidums!