Bulbs: Time to show off those daffodils!, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Thanks for all that info Illoquin! I love to hear these stories. Mine flowered the first time last year, the beds were done in 1999 the same year the drains were dug after many years, so that is 7 years. It could be the seed was laying dormant in the water drain, it wasn't getting a lot of water in it because the soil had built up too high.

Today there is another one open in the same place as the flat opening one, it is reflexed. Those in the hosta bed have bulked well in their time of growth, they probably get a little drier in the summer which must suit them.

Neal I had a whiff, they are sweetly scented and it is a nice scent, one which makes you want to keep taking another whiff, but you have to put your nose to it. A massed drift of them on a warm day might float around more! That one measures 2.5" across.

I did plant some poeticus about 2+ years ago, they only started to do something last year, they are recurved but I don't remember if the name said they were 'recurvus'. I love the recurved ones!

Strange, they must do both! I found a pic from last year of those in the hosta bed on 24th April, they are flat! The one to open this year went recurved from the start.