Mid-Winter-Flower-Show

[Lvandelft]

Today I visited the yearly so called Midwinterflora in Lisse.
I made some pictures and put them here in the Forum hopefully to show that springtime is coming!

1 Tulips with some old photo’s on the wall to show how work with bulb was done in earlier days
2 Tulips
3 Tulips
4 Narcissus group
5 Narcissus group
6 Narcissus group
7 Narcissus Little Gem
8 Narcissus moschatus
9 Narcissus maximus
10 Narcissus Topolino
Sorry not all pics are as good as I wanted, but I just had a small pocket camera without tripod.

[ichristie]

 Thank you so much for these super pictures they really make us think about spring as we sit here lookin out at snow and severe frost which has made everything very slippery under foot with all the poor bulbs still underground (wise bulbs) we are assured that spring will come but may be some time yet, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Paddy Tobin]

Great posting Luit.

Lovely flowers.

Many thanks, Paddy

[Lvandelft]

Thank you for your kind words paddy and Ian.
Ian, I was just talking with my good friend Peter, and I should pass-on to you his best wishes
from Holland. He showed me already many pictures from  beautiful Patagonia.

Here are some more "bulbs":
Batch nr. 2 Midwinterflora
First one other Narcissus from the first batch:
11 White Surprise ( not everyone will love it, I think)

 Huge was a group of Lilium.
12 Lilium group 2
13 Lilium group 3

Interesting for the garden I saw the next low growing hybrids:
14 Lilium Tiny Puppet
15 Lilium Tiny Sensation
16 Lilium Tiny Diary

Then there were some “green Narcissus: hybrids
17 Narcissus Viridi I
18 Narcissus Viridi IV
19 Narcissus Viridi Dubbel ( a half double form)

and a nice small pink Hippeastrum:
20 Hippeastrum pink nr. 99.021-11

[Lvandelft]

And finally Batch nr. 3 :

Some Hyacinths :
21 Hyac. Woodstock  (especially for Anthony D. and Paul T.)
22 Hyac. New 06
23 Hyac. Delft Blue (what’s in a name)

And there were very impressive small flowering Hippeastrum which already grew for 3
years outside in the garden without extra covering in winter, where they flower every year
in June/July. How hardy they are is not sure yet, but we had these last winters temps. Down
to minus 10 C.
24 Hippeastrum White Swan
25 Hippeastrum Balentino
26 Hippeastrum Orange Rascal

I finish with a more normally Hippeastrum
27 Hippeastrum hybr.

[Paddy Tobin]

Oh Luit,

Where are my sunglasses? Some of the colours are really bright.

Great show.

Paddy

[annew]

Fantastic, Luit, many thanks. I like those green narcissus.

[ranunculus]

Super show Luit.....keep up the good work...please!

[Katherine J]

They are wonderful indeed (especially Narcissus viridi). Many thanks, Luit.
I remember Keukenhof (we wisited it with my husband in April 2004). I will newer forget it! Alas we have had no digital camera then, and I have thrown away my old scanner last year, so can't show you the pics. But I can tell you all, it deserves a visit in spring.

[hadacekf]

Luit,
Fantastic show, Thanks

[Gerdk]

Then there were some “green Narcissus: hybrids
17 Narcissus Viridi I
18 Narcissus Viridi IV
19 Narcissus Viridi Dubbel ( a half double form)

Luit,
Very impressive indeed! Do you have some informations concerning the breeder of the green daffodils?

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

I feel warmer already by seeing these colourful flowers.... How I love BULBS! Such colours and shapes and how lovely to see them presented en masse  at this time of year. I must confess to a liking  for the green Narcissus, also ! I could happily buy of the Lilies , too and the Hippeastrums..... such a treat to see, Luit, thank you!

[Lvandelft]

Thank you all for your kind words.

Cliff, I hope to be back next year.

Gerd, the nursery where they make the green Narcissi is: W.F. Leenen.
They only do wholesale, but have a not very informative (for amateurs) website with some links:
http://www.wfleenen.com/

Kathrine, you were close to my living place, only 5 km.
I hope to see you here next time?

Maggi, I know your garden. Where do you plant all thes things? Maybe the BD will consider roofgardens on his glasshouses.
His bulbs will also grow with artificial light....
Best wishes to you both and Lily of course

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Luit,
Like Gerd and Maggi and others I'm very impressed with the Narcissus viridiflorus hybrids! I must convince one of our growers to import them! They certainly look more like daffodils than the straight species! But have some of that wonderful colouring.
cheers and many thanks,
fermi

[Lvandelft]

Hello Fermi, and the good thing about these hybrids ( I forgot to mention before) is that they have the same good smell as N. viridiflora.