Daffodils for Fall

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yesterday, Dad asked me to pick out daffodil bulbs for us to split this fall. Today, my partner Doug placed the order with Breck's. (They have a huge sale running through May 6.) Here's what we ordered:

Giant Daffodils for Naturalizing -- 70 bulbs
Spectrum Sweet Aroma Daffodil Mixture -- 70
Sinopel (green cup) -- 5
Jonquilla Daffodil Mixture (fragrant, multi-flowered) -- 15
Hybridizer's Daffodil Mixture -- 15
Late Spring Flowering Daffodil Mixture -- 15
Hybridizer's Pink Daffodil Mixture -- 12
White Daffodil Mixture -- 15
Weatherproof Daffodil Mixture -- 15
Riot (red cup) -- 5 bulbs


If you have been enjoying pictures of my currently-blooming daffodils, a lot of them are from previous years' plantings of Giant Daffodils for Naturalizing. We have also had great luck with Yellow Trumpet and Ice Follies. The big clumps you've seen in my yard are mostly Yellow Trumpets or Ice Follies planted years ago. Dad has a whole hillside blooming, but alas, it was pouring rain yesterday so we couldn't go outside to look at them or take pictures. I just glimpsed them while dashing from car to house.

For reference, if you want big drifts of daffodils and/or plan to plant them in your yard or woods, pick one of the "for naturalizing" options. Fancier daffodils offer a much wider range of colors, shapes, etc. but they do better in a flowerbed and don't tend to last as many years. Dad has Yellow Trumpets that were planted, gosh, over 30 years ago now and still blooming. Here some in the beds were probably from before my parents bought the place. I've got Ice Follies that are likely over 20 years old. Also my Yellow Trumpets are volunteering in the parking lot now, and I believe there's at least one crossbreed with an orange-cupped daffodil because there's a light orange cup amongst the yellow ones.

I am very excited about this, even though I'll have to wait a year before seeing these bloom next spring. :D I love daffodils because they are herbivore-resistant (they taste terrible), extremely hardy, and beautiful.

Comments

[dantesspirit]

The little white flowers are Rain Lilies (Zephyrlily), I believe. They show up after an extended period of rain. They're scattered through my yard, some people don't like them here, since they're not a native plant and can be invasive.

They are pretty though, and easily controlled.

The Redbuds are going to be stunning when they bloom. We only have one, but it's in full bloom right now and just gorgeous.

Love your daffs. We have scattered groupings that were here long before we bought the place, I think wildlife helped plant them. LOL. We did plant some more out in the pet cemetery, but the majority are scattered around the house.

[moonhare]

“I love daffodils because they are herbivore-resistant (they taste terrible), extremely hardy, and beautiful.”

Of all the plants we’ve gotten from Brecks, the daffodils have been the hardiest. I just found out they are toxic to dogs, though, and had to fence them off from the pup.