Bulbs: First Blooms, 1 by dmj1218

dmj1218 wrote:
Avalanche is not really scented down here Janet. They bloom for me in late Jan--the 1st narcissus to bloom. In fact, they are going dormant already but are very reliable repeat bloomers and since they bloom so early it makes them worth growing. My other species have just started blooming in the last week to two weeks. Avalanche is a real old variety more often referred to as "17 sisters" down here. This is from last week in Jan. Bloomed unfazed thru 2 hard freezes. They are predicting another freeze tonight (with high winds earlier today)--I shall be busy hauling in all those bulb seedlings as soon as the sun gets up prior to the wind. Also need to pull in some rain lilies for orders so I don't have to freeze my hands off early tomorrow morning. Then maybe I can go back to sleep....

DeninSC that's a real cutie! Reliable rebloomer out your way? There's only about 6 or 7 species that do really well here. Others work for a few years but eventually die out for me. Avalance, bulbocodium sbsp bulbocodium and any bulbocodium hybrids, Gran Primo, and one called 'Texas Star' probably being amongst the best. I have one given to me by my mom about 14 years ago that is a very reliable rebloomer but I'll be darned if I know what variety it is. Looks like yours but is full sized. Daff's I'm not real up on identifying except the ones that do well here. A few of the jonquils are also reliable here too. Now I do have about 60 LA Iris I can show you in a few weeks--lol--with all our El Nino rain this winter, they should be fabulous.

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