This post celebrates the daffodils we’ve seen during our amazing spring. I’ve drip-fed you an occasional daffodil photo but most have been kept for this post. Its been very windy and rainy here over the last couple of days so I’m keen to share some more YELLOW! And who doesn’t like daffodils? I trust you’ll enjoy these 🙂
We were at Maple Glen on 15 September (afternoon) and the Gore photos were taken on various days during September. All photos taken by Liz and Nigel
Daffodils At Maple Glen, Southland, New Zealand
The Davisons at Maple Glen Gardens have planted extensive areas in daffodils and I love that the different kinds are mixed up, lots of different colours and forms to admire!
You’ll recognise the little pink cherry blossom tree in this first photo as the one featured at the beginning of my recent post Cherry Blossom at Maple Glen
Daffodils in Gore
and a spring window display
Text by Liz, Photos by Liz and Nigel; Exploring Colour (2018)
Exploring Colour 
You are drunk on sunshine and golden blossoms, Liz, which is an excuse to make us poor Northern hemisphere dwellers look longingly ahead to our far-away spring. 🙂
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Well you’ve got autumn to enjoy yet! I do love all the colours and scents around now after the nothing-ness of winter.
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You are right, we still have much sunshine and color, and I will relish every day. Without winter, we would not appreciate spring.
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Lots of fantastic yellowness. Daffodils are my favourite flowers, but in the UK everything’s getting ‘back-end-ish’ so no daffs for us for a while.
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So beautiful!!
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Thanks Carol, you can’t beat daffodils for spreading lots of good cheer! 🙂
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Hard to believe you’re seeing daffodils there, when I leaves are just beginning to turn color and fall. It’s time for me to plant daffodil bulbs for next spring! Lovely pictures and good reminder that the digging is worth it.
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Thanks Jean, I hope you get some nice daffs next spring! Hoping to visit another daffodil site tomorrow if the weather holds out 🙂
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Beautiful images, Liz! Daffodils are always a treat to see, and these mass plantings are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Great dancing shoes in your last image, with the yellow gingham dress–very spring!!
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Thanks Ellen! I took a liking to the shoes so Nigel took a photo of them for me. When putting the post together it occurred to me that the spring dress and shoes might look nice with the spring flowers 🙂
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Wow! That is really an amazing place!
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Thank you, it sure is Simone! Its a lovely situation being out in the country – and no problems with rental car restrictions as its on a tar-seal road 🙂
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Good to know 🙂
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Lovely to see some daffodils. We’re just moving into autumn so great to see a bit of spring
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I have been planting mixes of daffodils on our hill. I look forward to the day they “dance” like these.
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Fascinating variation in the colors of all of the different daffodils, Liz, though I must say that my favorites tend to be the single-color “traditional” daffodils, especially when planted in clumps that create huge bursts of color.
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I had to delay my reply while I thought a while. I’ve always liked the traditional golden daffodils for sure. Down south here I’ve become used to seeing many different varieties. In the old days a gold miner turned brewer planted heaps of different daffodils on a 25-acre area around his brewery. They were imported from Holland and elsewhere starting in 1895 and his son carried it on. The brewery closed in 1923 but the daffodils survived. Many of the varieties present are now rare, and they’ve also cross-pollinated so there’s an amazing display. I’ve visited in the past but the site ended up closing. Thanks to your comment, I’ve just found they’ve re-opened for the season on Fri, Sat, Sun each week! We’ll have to see if we can make time to visit and take photos for this blog 🙂
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I’m looking forward to seeing yours–we won’t have them here for about six months. 🙂
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