Like that Surfside! Who would not love a huge clump of Tete a Tetes!

Ice Follies fronted by a King Alfred (?)

Today. First of the daffodils.

Promise of things to come.

The daffs look great. Is that Iris reticulata in front of the daffs?

Yes indeedy.

I love them , so pretty. I didn't even know what Iris reticulata was until last year, before that I had never heard of them.

Aren't cha glad you know now???

Going to be planting some this fall for next spring. Its going to be my year for bulbs. I plan on adding lots and lots of spring flowering bulbs this fall.

You sound like Patti (bbrookrd)! I remember when she took on the world of bulbs!

gemini_sage, Actually a few are earlier. I think your mystery split could be one I got from Buggy crazy that is called Narcissus Cassata. Here is mine or what I think is Cassata, as I can't find the tag. It starts out with a bright cup, which fades to a pale. Patti

Boojum, Ha, you got me right. Wow, that is a nice stand of Iris reticulata. A favorite little gem. I just found out that an article I did on them is getting published next week and they are going to pay me! That little pale yellow Narcissus which you asked about that looks white is Narcissus Gipsy Queen, very early and delicate. Tiny thing. I included a picture I took of it yesterday along with some of the others in bloom now.

New patches include Mite, Lemon Silk, Snipe, Sagitta, Largo, Gipsy Queen, Ice Follies, Feb Gold, Jetfire, more Tete a Tete and some nice noid's. The first to bloom, N. Rijnveld's Early Sensation, still looking good as is Small Talk, which has quickly become a favorite after just two years.


I have love that 'Lorikeet' too. Surfside will be a new one for me this year and I must find 'Aura' . You might see if your other mystery one from Bert is N.Curly as listed in Daffseek

Fl. rounded, 85 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex, pale yellow, overlapping half or more; corona bowl-shaped, brighter than vivid yellow, very heavily and closely frilled and appearing to be double.

I don't have a shot of mine as it will be new for me this year, so I have never seen it in person. Patti

Oh love all of those!! I have a few clumps of snipe. I suspect that's who is next to those crocuses in post 160774 above. Looks like I need gypsy queen and lemon silk. Also mite!

Boojum, I am most excited to see Nosie Posie which I planted last fall along with some other long nose swept back ones, like Backchat, Trena, Rapture, Whip-Poor-Will, Peeping Toml and Wings of Freedom. I need more like another hole in the head, but I have already ordered some. Nuts for sure. Patti

We need to talk!!!

Boojum , Hope in person! More kids out today including Colblanc, I think. But will post later when I down load them and figure out who is who. Bad Mom. Off to an early dinner party. DH smoked a leg of lamb for our friends. Big news is that we think the swallows are back. Here is a nice clump of Iris histrioides Frank Elder, unless it is Katherine Hodgkin, but I think not as of yesterday as it is bluer and later. Patti

Has anyone grown N.Colblanc? Last year it was white, this year it opened with a lot of yellow. I found one picture via google that shows it opening that way, but I don't remember it doing that last year. But I may have been away for the week it first opened. I don't see that it could be anything else as it is planted in a very small bed and none of the other Narcissus in it are split cupped. Help? The two that have yellow were taken yesterday while the white was taken 4-28 -09. Patti

Yesterday's new kid's include N.Feb.Silver, Little Gem, Rip Van Winkle, Ice King, as well as Goblet except I didn't take a picture of N. Goblet. Also out that I pictured in my previous post is my questionable Colblanc . 25 Little Gem was planted to go with Iris reticulata Purple Gem, but that is finished already. Not such a good plan! It was a cheap little guy, very short, but I think it will look great in a couple of years as a big carpet. I think I will plant a mass of scilla around it as they are in bloom now. From Scheepers last Sept.

25 $ 9.50 Narcissus Little Gem
Circa 1938, this early-flowering jewel is clear yellow with a deep yellow, flared trumpet. Bulb size: 10/12 cm. April. 5" to 6". HZ: 4-8.

Cool! I've never seen most of these!

Boojum, I hope you come to see them in person, soon.

I was wondering about which of the early ones is anyone's favorite. I think mine might be N.Sagitta which we planted in 2007 from Van Engelen As listed on Daffseek. Patti

Division: 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped) Perianth Colors: Y Corona Colors: P
Division Description: One flower to a stem, corona (cup) as long or longer than the perianth segments (petals).
Season: Very Early
Height: Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer: W.F. Leenen
Country: Holland
Year Registered: 2007
Seedling Number: 1/79
Descendants: None
Awards: Award of Garden Merit AGM 2007;
Comments:

Flower facing somewhat downwards; perianth segments light yellow; corona light orange-pink, with yellow-pink at base and darker orange-pink at rim, frilled. First flowered prior to 2004.