Narcissus April to June 2009

[Paul T]

Kees,

You're welcome.  Let me know if you want me to leave some seedpods on there for you.  They set seed very freely as I said, and unless they've been crossing with 'Taffeta' they should be pretty much line bred to the same colour.   

I'll have quite a few more varieties out soon judging by the buds coming through.

[Ragged Robin]

Thanks for the info re height and frost hardiness Paul and Kees - lovely thread

[Lesley Cox]

Paul; those seedlings are very good, with lovely thick texture which suggests they would stand the winter weather well. If you can spare some, I'd love some seed please. 

[Paul T]

Happy to, Lesley.  Of course now that i have said they set copious seed, this will be the only year they don't.    No idea of their snow carrying potential though, as here we rarely if ever have to have our plants cope with that.

[Kees Green]

Paul, I to would love some seed-not sure how we go about doing this though.
Regards

[Paul T]

Kees,

I'm guessing that Lesley probably wouldn't mind forwarding some on to you if I sent a bunch to her.  She seems fairly friendly in that regard. 

[Lesley Cox]

Kees,

I'm guessing that Lesley probably wouldn't mind forwarding some on to you if I sent a bunch to her.  She seems fairly friendly in that regard. 

No problem. Sensible to have just one lot of postage.

[Paul T]

Thanks Lesley.  I also realised that you're both around Dunedin, so it wouldn't be necessary to send it around NZ etc.  I thought I'd get a big more spark from my comment though. 

Sorry, feeling mischievous today obviously.    Heaven help you all. 

[Kees Green]

For interest sake only what happens in the process, I get cicada and the odd sphinx/hawk moth specimens sent to me from all around the world and nothing is ever needed, however these are all dead and dried. There must be some kind of MAF inspection etc for viable seeds, and obviously a cost involved with such.
Regards

[Lesley Cox]

Kees the process is simple once one knows the rules. Provided it is listed on the Biosecurity Index, seeds are allowed into NZ without restriction. They should be in clean packets, free of chaff or other matter, named with both the genus and species names and the package should have a customs declaration on the outside saying that it contains flower seed. Often I get an envelope with a hand written note to say it contains seed. This is OK too. The main thing is that the seed is declared.

The Biosecurity Index is available at


www1.maf.govt.nz/cgi-/bioindex/bioindex.pl


I use this website several times every week for one reason or another. Note the 1 after www

In the case of seeds of hybrids, they are allowed too, provided the parents are listed on the bio index.

[Kees Green]

Thanks Lesley, that is easy then.
As with the cicadas that I exchange around the world with my colleagues as long as parcels are clearly marked then they will be fine, I look forward to receiving some seeds.
Thanks Paul and Lesley