First Daffodils 2010

Oh those are very nice! Such a variational of colors!
another one of mine. Maybe this one I can get the name right.

Maxine

Tahlia

One more.

Maxine

Orangery

Steve, I have a lot, don't you think. My Bad! And you can't tell I took a one.

Maxine, your double looks like N. Tahiti. A favorite for sure. Patti

That is one super impressive presentation of cut daffodils you've got bbrookrd.

Patti, if it is that name, then I was sent the wrong ones.

Maxine

I think this might be the same one...

Maxine, Thalia is a small white one.

evelyn_inthegarden, I don't know who you have but it is amazing. Patti

Maxine, that is Tahiti


I have it too along with the Orangerie you posted


Tahiti

Thanks for the 2 confirmations. Now to get the tag changed. Makes it hard when you aren't supposed to bend over or you fall on your nose, and my nose is large enough!! LOL

Would this be Thalia?

Maxine

This message was edited Apr 25, 2010 3:13 PM

Following is White Lion? Thanks for helping me out you ladies!

Maxine

Maxine, that could be White Lion and that could be Thalia, hard to tell. Good chance that they are. I thought I had Thalia for years and it wasn't!!! I still have yet to identify what I thought was it. Here is my White Lion this week. It is fun to play the Name that Narcissus Game. I have a bunch of NOID' s that go back to when we first planted some in 1981 and every once in a while I have a Bingo. Patti

My daffodils had taken over my perennial bed so last year after they were finished blooming (six weeks) I dug them all up and dried them out and in the fall replanted them. This is the result. The problem is I missed a whole bunch more than will have to be dug out this year. I'll do the same. Dry them out and replant them in the fall.

This is the bed I am trying to eradicate bulbs from. They are shading out my perennials. I'll leave a few at the back of the border and some small grape hyacynths along with my alliums. The daffs in front have to go though.

What a cutie in the forground! I'll take her?

I see that you did what I did last yr. I had my DH till a swath along my large flower beds on 2 sides and filled it in with daffs that I had dug. When you dig a bushel of daffs, all the same color too, you have to find some thing to do with them. I can't throw a dang bulb out. Terrible disease.
Have more to dig later when the foliage is dry but my granddaughter stepped up to plate and said that she would take them off my hands. WHOOPPPPEEEE

My Lion that I posted hadn't shown the dp. yellow or gold yet, so now it matches yours, Patti.

Maxine

I may not have as good of success this year. I'm digging now while they're in bloom which is a no no. It's too hard to wait those six to eight weeks because by then the perennials are up and the daffs get lost. I want to be sure to get them all this time. I'm still going to try to save them but not sure how they'll do. I'll cover them in my compost pile for a couple months then pull them up and dry them and try replanting in the fall. We'll see. At any rate my poor perennials might stand a chance to get some sun this year. :)

That is my granddaughter. I can't wait till she's big enough to help in the garden. :)

http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/moving-spring-flower-bulbs.html

Hi, Loon,

I've forgotten if you were on the other thread where we were taling about moving bulbs "in the green" but you may be interested in the above link from White Flower Farms that gives directions on how to do it.

I've been doing it too this spring. It's a good time with all the moisture and cool air. They should settle in well.

Why wait? My kids started when they were preschoolers, and now they are actually pretty handy to have around, at 8 and 11! Except that now we have three plant addicts shopping at the garden centers, instead of one. :)

Maxine, not sure your daff above on April 25 is Thalia. Looks like the cups may be lemony yellow, and Thalia is all white. Wish I had ALL my pictures, so I could post a good one! This one is mostly showing my Puddy Tat SDB iris, but you can see the size and shape of the Thalia blooms in the background fairly well.

Edited to say: yikes, that should have been rotated! It looked rotated in Office Picture Manager, anyway! Sorry!

This message was edited Apr 26, 2010 7:41 PM

Here are some more Thalia. I love that they are a little later than some of the other daffodils. I still have a few hanging on when my dwarf iris kick into gear!

Edited: Apparently, I need to stop posting until I can figure out why they aren't staying rotated when I post them! I even rotated and re-saved that one before I posted it, and it still showed up sideways! Can't wait until we get our regular photo editing software installed again!



This message was edited Apr 26, 2010 8:00 PM

maxine, I join bookerc1 in expressing my doubts on the one you posted on Apr 25. The cup in Thalia is white-white and yours is creamy white and you can notice the diff in color on the cup and color on the and tepals (?). They look to me as two different kind of whites. On Thalia, the cup and tepals are exactly the same color.

I remember seeing one in the Brent & Becky's catalog that reminds me of the one you posted. I can't remember the name of it but it is one that they feature as a favorite (they put the red hearts by the names of the ones they like and recommend). Having said all that, I grow the Thalia and the non-Thalia together and when focusing on the beauty of the flowers, the diff in coloring is absolutely irrelevant.

I am glad it is not my job to separate/classify/catalog bulbs. I could get crossed-eyed very quickly and would send everyone who knows what.

Angie, gorgeous dwarf bearded Iris you have!! I have never tried those but think I may have to plant some this year. I have lots of the tall bearded ones but they flop over upon bloom and I am sick of staking them. I think I want to try a lower-profile variety. they look great withyour daffs.

Loon, I love the stretch of daffs in your field along the road! What an awesome display!

Maxine, could you have N.Jenny?

These are white from the time of buds to the time of full opening.
Thanks for all of the help. Possibly in the future I might get an id on this one.

Steve, I sent you dwarf iris last fall. Didn't you plant them? I don't know if they will be blooming this yr. or not, but they are terrific bloomers and really increase fast.

Maxine

Hi Maxine, yes I planted them, but no blooms so far, just leaves. Maybe they need to settle in another year so I'll watch to see what happens. But the daffs and peonies you sent me are gorgeous! Peonies are budded up now but will be another week probably before they open.

I have one open blossom on one of my red fern leaf peonies.
Will take pics when more are fully open.
Some have buds, some are just emerging and some are just plain lazy [like me] and are taking their own sweet time to grow.
Weather might have some thing to do with it, as its up and down. Frost every now and then.

Maxine

Steve, I love the little dwarf iris, maybe even more than the tall bearded ones, which were my first love in iris. They multiply quickly, and bloom earlier. And you don't have the tipping-over problem, which can be so discouraging. If you are lucky, you can get late daffodils and early SDB iris to bloom together. :) I got mine from a co-op here on DG, and the owner of the place is a DG member, and just the sweetest lady, too. If you are looking for some great, healthy rhizomes, look at:

www.snowpeakiris.com

I've ordered from her twice, and have gotten great rhizomes both times. I've never met her (other than on the iris forum) but she really does have quality stock.

The one I attached is my favorite, called Gizmo the Gremlin. It has tripled in two years, and just blooms its little head off!

Oh Angie, I love that "Gizmo the Gremlin" SDB iris. Are you up for a trade later for that one?
Don't the SDB little iris increase!

I know the lady that you purchased the iris from. Have been to her place in Oregon also. She is one tremendous person and very generous when you purchase from her.
I have Jap. iris coming from her any time now. My newest love as it prolongs the iris show.

Maxine

LOL I owe the first swap to my mom. We coordinated our orders so we'd get different iris, then promised that we'd trade as soon as they were big enough to divide. :-) It means we have to be patient, but eventually we get twice as many varieties! The way this little guy multiplied, though, I will probably have enough to do two swaps. What SDB do you have?

Angie

Will send you pics after I get some more pics taken and see what I have to spare.

Maxine

I think this one is 'Stainless'...