Daffodils have burst onto the Wairarapa landscape with a vengeance this week after what many consider a slow start to the season.
Rural North Wairarapa is a sea of brilliant yellow and the proliferation of the blooms is being put down in part to the arrival of warm days after an especially chilly August.
Gardening guru Gareth Winter said yesterday the daffodil bulbs had likely made good vegetation growth in the colder weeks but had awaited warmth before "bouncing forward" into bloom.
North Wairarapa was probably doing better than the southern parts of the valley because it largely dodged persistent southerly winds.
"The prevailing wind in the north is from the north-west, which is warmer and could help the flowering of the daffodils," he said.
