Fragrant Rose, a prolific multiplier, and another shot of Hawera to get an idea of the proportion and stature of the plant. Hawera is small with dainty little blooms, but is very showy. I have such a tendency to crowd, I have to be careful with small stature late bloomers because they can be sun deprived and stop blooming. This happened with Hawera, but now they're making a nice come back.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b) I'm always on my way out the door..
This is one I've had for several years now. I think it's called Extravaganza, but I bought several similar-looking daffs and planted them in the same area that year, so who knows.
Look at Tulipa the First! Looking beauteous indeed!
Oooooooooo, well if it is Extravaganza it's perfectly named!
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That's a gorgeous closeup shot with the sun glowing through the petals! The First is looking beautiful; as Wisley matures to white petals it will look even prettier with the tulips. I thought my Wisley were mislabeled at first because of the yellow petals, although the unique shape looked correct, then they took on the look I was expecting.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
I don't believe I have Kaydee any more. They were a casualty of the backhoe work a few years ago. For some time I thought there were still some out there, showing up in random places, but now that I'm looking closely I think they are Katie Heath.
Brent and Becky's is no longer offering Kaydee, and John Scheepers didn't offer them last year either. Do you know any sources still offering them?
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
I've not seen it offered by either of those companies for a couple of years. At some point in the past, I'd mentioned Kaydee was my favorite forcing daffodil but was unable to find it offered anymore. Apparently, Marilyn remembered that and alerted me of a company that carried them. I promptly ordered 10, received them this fall and forced them over winter. The company was Living Gardens, out of Maine I think...Anyway, Marilyn just yesterday sent me a t-mail informing me that that company didn't have them in their most recent listing.
Should I come across some offering thereof, I'll let you know...but, don't hold your breath.
This triandus has perplexed me for years. I thought I had Petrel for the first several years. At some point I realized mine had double cups, and that I must have some other cultivar. I've had them since the mid 80s. I have searched but found no clues as to what this may be.
Yesterday I was observing them and realized there are a bunch of single blooms there, as well as doubled ones. The singles do indeed look like Petrel! I was scratching my head, then it occurred to me that this could be a sport.
It certainly looks like a double, the kind where all the massing is contained w/in confines of the cup (plus a bit of more ruffling on rim). I traced the ancestry back a few generations just to see if any doubles (unlikely indeed) might have been used, there was no evidence of said double in gene lines. I checked for small white bell doubles and couldn't find any. Sport may be the only logical explanation. If it is, you might consider contacting some breeders or professional growers to multiply stock. There have been several instances of sports spotted, named, multiplied, and sold (Thalia/Thalia Sun). The originator of Petrel, Grant .E. Mitsch is still around (I think) and active in the field; I've seen him post on the DafffNet site before (I think). He used to have his own web site, but the site seems absent now. Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's know him.
At any rate, it's a cool looking little flower and sets well where it's situated in your white 'colony'.
I believe I will contact the Heaths and offer to send them some bulbs. 'Hardy Lee', the double sport of King Alfred they sell was found in a customer's garden, and an interesting one too.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
Jack, would you like some of those mutant bulbs? Happy to send you some to trial.
My very last daff to bloom started open yesterday, N.x medioluteus, Twin Sisters. It was too windy to get any pics yesterday, will try again today. It is one I dug from an abandoned home site years ago. Not a showy daff, but one of the most fragrant- I usually smell it before I see the blooms.
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"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
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