Monday 4 October 2010

floriade daffs

One of the marquees at Floriade had a table full of crazy daffodils.  I'll admit I didn't bother taking snaps of the classic yellow types, just of some of the crazier ones that caught my eye.  My favourites were these first few, with super-small coloured coronas (middle bit) and crisp white perianths (the outer petals).  That last one has almost no corona at all!
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff2.JPG
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff1.JPG
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff5.JPG
Some of them had a pinkish corona, like these.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff3.JPG
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff6.JPG
And then there were a few wild-looking types.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff4.JPG
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff7.JPG
This isn't a tulip at all, I wrote down the name: "Fritillaria meleagris".  I just thought it looked interesting, never seen anything like it before.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden10/daff8.JPG
Next up: bonsai!

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