Bulbs: First Daffodils 2010, 1 by chrisw99

chrisw99 wrote:
Narcissus Golden Dawn

I happened to walk by the end of our property, outside the fence, today and found this nice surprise. I shouldn't have been surprised since I planted these back in Dec, but I totally forgot about them. They are on a small hill where another old road goes up to our neighbors. It is very neglected and weedy as you can see, but I had some bulbs left over from my planting projects and decided that Narcissus should be able to survive there on just rainfall. I also had some left over tulips that are planted in front--still only leaves. I am even more surprised that the tulips have not been gobbled up as that hill is infested with burrowing critters of some sort. I hope I get to see them bloom at least once before they become gopher food.

Narcissus Golden Dawn---a tazetta crossed with a jonquil. Supposed to bloom twice --early in Feb and then again in early Apr. I think this must be the late bloom and that I just entirely missed the early bloom since I never drive by that corner. Bill Welch says this is a great one for overplanting with annuals or in a mixed bed with perennials since it can tolerate summer watering.