Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly an early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago, we'd never had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first one opened on 7th Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking forward to our first November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?

On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 1:25:42 PM UTC, wrote:
Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly an early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago, we'd never had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first one opened on 7th Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking forward to our first November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?

The earliest patches near the sea are virtually over. Top Picture @ http://www.turnstone-cottage.co.uk/Daffs.html taken today. The petals are already turning brown.
They were around 2 weeks earlier in 2013/13. The bottom picture @ http://www.turnstone-cottage.co.uk/Daffs.html was taken on 6th Jan 2013. The equivalent field is still in bud, and won't by like that until probably late Jan.

1st daffs in flower locally, the big yellow ones as opposed to the Sols (also a type of narcissi which often flower in November), came out around 10th December.

Graham
Penzance

On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 05:25:41 -0800 (PST)
wrote:

Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly an
early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago, we'd never
had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first one opened on 7th
Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking forward to our first
November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?


You're joking right? daffodils are for March. In the more sensible climate up
here I'm looking forward to some snow showers on Xmas day evening. Been any
seasonal snow yet in Dawlish or Penzance?

No. Just lovely mild, calm weather. Perfect Devon coastal winter conditions; exactly why I moved here! *))

On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 1:25:42 PM UTC, wrote:
Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly an early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago, we'd never had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first one opened on 7th Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking forward to our first November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?
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I've just eaten my last few raspberries from my raspberry canes.
Merry Christmas to you.

Len
In lovely warm Wembury.
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:21:34 -0800 (PST)
Len Wood wrote:

On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 1:25:42 PM UTC, wrote:
Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly an
early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago, we'd never
had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first one opened on 7th
Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking forward to our first
November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?
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I've just eaten my last few raspberries from my raspberry canes.
Merry Christmas to you.

Len
In lovely warm Wembury.
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You're all mad down on the south coast describing this weather as lovely. Cold
front today and then much colder, yeay!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone, lets hope for a nice cold winter.
5 days snow falling, 3 days snow lying - so far.

Will
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On Monday, 25 December 2017 08:39:41 UTC, wrote:
On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:21:34 -0800 (PST)
Len Wood wrote:

On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 1:25:42 PM UTC, wrote:

Merry Christmas everyone, lets hope for a nice cold winter.
5 days snow falling, 3 days snow lying - so far.

You need to move further north: 20 days snow falling and 10 days snow lying up here - and I'm not exactly in the north ;-)

Merry Christmas!

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Nor here in sunny Leicester!

But that's nothing, I have seen daffodils in flower in August before
now (OK. I was in Australia).

Merry Christmas.


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Two out for Christmas this year and a further two in bud. It's clearly
an early-flowering clump, in a warm position, but only 7 years ago,
we'd never had a daffodil out before New Year. This year, the first
one opened on 7th Dec - 3 days after one did last year. I'm looking
forward to our first November Daffodil soon!

Anyone else got any out for Christmas?


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You need to move further north: 20 days snow falling and 10 days snow lying up here - and I'm not exactly in the north ;-)

Merry Christmas!

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You need to move South Freddie, :-) we're over 20 days lying now, lost count of days falling, best add them up soon for a December report.

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