I always think of yellow daffodils when spring arrives, because they seem to symbolise the start of the new season. As a child in New Zealand, I can remember walking through thousands of them when taking a shortcut through the neighbours farm on the way home from school! It’s too hot for daffodils here in Maleny, but in my own garden hundreds of bright yellow petals from my tabebuia trees have made a thick carpet beneath the bare branches. I held off mowing until the blooms finish because I didn’t want to spoil such a lovely sight! The magnolias, which we look down upon from the house, have been magnificent. The magnolia Vulcan was outstanding with its huge fragrant blooms of hot rose pink. You can see these lovely spring flowering trees amongst the many images in my new Garden Gallery

Here at the farm, many of the daylilies started their display three weeks earlier than usual, so we've already had plenty of colour around the paddocks. I hope you’re also enjoying some colourful early daylily blooms in your own garden.

I was amazed at the terrific response to my recent Maleny brochure. I must admit it far exceeded my expectations. It was long overdue, it seems! I have to thank Jenny for persuading me to go ahead with it. If you were one of the many customers who ordered from my Maleny brochure, a sincere thank you. I’m now checking stock numbers and colours for varieties suitable for next year’s new brochures. It might appear to be an easy job, and it would be easy if I could predict which colours will be all the rage in 2009!

I hope I get it right and we can tempt you once again next year! In the meantime, you may like to pick up a great Spring bargain from any of the special offers featured here.

Happy Spring gardening!                Scott Alexander

Crikey!  As mentioned in my Maleny brochure, we’ll be donating $2 for every plant sold of my daylily "Crikey!"  to the Steve Irwin Wildlife Warriors animal hospital at Australia Zoo, just a short drive from Maleny. Thanks to all the customers who ordered it from us recently, we’ll be able to make a generous donation to this very worthy cause.

You can order any of these for only $10 each!

You may have already seen images of these daylilies as most were featured in my Connoisseur B brochure. If you still have a copy, please ignore the old prices from the original order form inside it. I've included a new order form for you to use on the last page of this -zine. All the varieties listed below are now available as large, flowering-size single divisions.

If you no longer have the brochure, call us or just send an SAE and we’ll post you a copy. You can also view them in the on-line shop on my website at www.daylily.com.au

The following varieties are also available at $10 each. They were featured in a more recent brochure Connoisseur C - Captivating Daylilies and can also be seen in my on-line shop.

Minimum Order : $50   Plus postage : $10

Available while stocks last - offer closes 30 Nov 2008

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