Tony Falla and Malcolm Cleal had a conversation together discussing Tony’s experiences working for a farmer growing daffodils from the 1950s to the 1970s. There were up to 40 varieties grown in Guernsey, but the main ones were Grand Soleil D’Or, Grand Primo, Princeps, Golden Spur and Sir Watkin.
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I cut my Irises before they even show the flower colour. They open beautifully indoors and last that much longer. I planted a few bulbs about ten years ago, but I haven’t touched them and they have multiplied considerably.
The Gorse up at L'Ancresse is looking beautiful and has a wonderful perfume.
The large tree Aeonium arboreum is in flower outside the lower glasshouse in Lower Candie Gardens. Like many in this genus, Aeonium arboreum is monocarpic and so after blooming, the rosettes will die.
The weeping cherry in Lower Candie Gardens is looking perfect now.
Glorious purple freesias in the garden of a PHG member. Is the bush behind them a Dyer's Chamomile 'Cotz tinctoria' or Argyranthemum frutescens, a white marguerite?
The reddish-purple flowers of Akebia quinata are very fragrant and give it the common name of chocolate vine.
The heather is still lovely; this one is in St Jacques.
Clematis armandii ‘apple blossom’ - a froth of pale pink flowers with a fresh floral fragrance growing in our treasurer's garden. The bud clusters have been pretty, but the flowers are a picture.
These are some of the Narcissus 'Sir Watkin' which were rescued by PHG a few years ago.
