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Plant of the Day
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Great for use in spring containers or the front of a border is the small, double flowered Narcissus 'Rip van Winkle' (daffodil). This bulbous perennial can become naturalised in a meadow.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Great for use in spring containers or the front of a border is the small, double flowered Narcissus 'Rip van Winkle' (daffodil). This bulbous perennial can become naturalised in a meadow.
Jill Raggett
sanguinaria canadensis Multiplex
Primula vulgaris (English Primrose)
Make that a double
Primroses typically have five petals but these cultivars demonstrate a common genetic problem in flowers of many species called ‘doubling’. First noticed in roses by Theophrastus in 286 BC, doubling occurs when a specific gene (AGAMOUS) is impaired or fails completely. AGAMOUS is involved in the final stage in the development of stamens. When stamen production falters the previous suite of genes, which produce petals, don’t know what to do, so they react in the only way they know - by producing more petals. In cases where one copy of the gene is merely damaged it is possible to produce weak seed. In a worst-case scenario no seed is produced and the plant has to be propagated with cuttings.
There's a field full of daffodils up near the confluence, and they're all double-flowering mutants. Unusually for feral daffodils. Do I ask for permission to dig some up, or just go sneakily with a small shovel, once they've died back?
Flowers Growing Out of Flowers (Things Are Getting Weird Out There)
Flowers Growing Out of Flowers (Things Are Getting Weird Out There)
I’m sure that anyone living through the events of 2020 would agree, these are truly wild times. So, when I stumbled across some purple coneflowers that appeared to be growing flowers out of flowers, I thought to myself, “Of course! Why not!?!” The world is upside down. Anything is possible.
As it turns out, however, this phenomenon occurs more frequently than I was aware. But it’s not…
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[ 再见 繁花血景 ] -"Goodbye, blossoms and blood" This is also a sad couple in my heart :(
This time I tried doing a digital piece. It turned out pretty well.
Zhang Jiale: Do you want a protein shake bro?
Sun Zheping: Nah, bro.
Zhang Jiale: Why not, bro?
Sun Zheping: Because you're the only one who gives me strength bro.
Zhang Jiale: bRO
Narcissus, Daffodil / Narzisse 'Delnashaugh' or 'Replete' (Narcissus)