On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:04:15 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling wrote:

On 24 Dec, 19:44, wrote:
They always get daffs before Christmas in the far West of Cornwall,

Not always by any means. It's been common in recent years (but I
didn't see any before the New Year last winter). Different for Sols of
course, they are in bloom on Scilly from late October and reporters
call them daffodils when they want a a global warming Christmas news
story.

"Early Sensation" daffodils have been blooming in Perranwell Station
village since 10th December.
There's an (old) article about them here http://tinyurl.com/8z99mu

Merry Christmas everybody.

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MCC