[pbs] Early Daffodills and now
James Waddick
jwaddick at kc.rr.com
Mon Mar 26 13:05:59 EST 2007
Dear Friends,
I can repeat most of Judy's comments.
'Cedric Morris' is very early, very cute. It has bloomed as
early as Dec/Jan here, but eventually needs a bell jar or other
protection from very cold weather.
'Rynveld's Early Sensation' is also reliably early, but can
get zapped by hard frosts. This year only 1/2 or so are blooming
well, lots of damage.
I think there's a number of other good 'early' daffodils. I
have one called "Early to Rise' that's a full size cup and 'Quail' is
sometimes early (not this year - barely started to show color).
Surely we have some daffodil-istas who can name a few reliable early
cvs. (Dave K?).
Like so many plant groups, it is a good idea to select early
and late blooming cultivars to spread out the season. There's always
a few at both extremes that can give you 5 or 6 weeks of flowers
instead of one or two.
Two worth mentioning that are giving a good show right now are
'Ceylon' a Div 2 with lemony petals contrasting nicely a
cheery orange cup.
'Gigantic Star' (Div 1?) (With this name it ought to be) said
to be one of the largest cvs to 22 inches and 4 inch flowers. Not
quite that here, but still impressively large, vigorous and
floriferous. Solid yellow flowers in mass.
But I always look forward to last year's 'new' cvs I haven't
grown or bloomed yet. and those oddities like 'Xit', 'Chit Chat'
etc. So many daffodils, so much fun.
best Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
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