Daffodils

I think they should bonitin, at least to Europe. Their catalogue goes up at the beginning of April (or May?) for delivery from September, it's best to order early to get what you want.

That group of Tete-a-tetes has done very well, there wasn't more than 3 bulbs there to begin with. Mine start yellow, I'm not sure if the others get the orange hue the same but probably do, they usually look yellow to me! Mine are single flowered too, they have been there a few years and multiplied. Maybe the soil has something to do with the colour.

This is a large trumpet like King Alfred.

This one is starting to spit out a few blooms--its like the Narcissus are guarding marked currency around here this year. This one actually is pushing up a lot more bud scapes but after tonight's thunderstorm, who knows, it could be the first and the last. I'm hoping maybe a good southeast Texus 'deluge' will be what's needed to get these Narcissus fired up to bloom.

It's a jonquilla 'Golden Dawn' supposed to be good for deep south and takes a lot of summer irrigation, supposedly. But it won't get any where its at here.

We missed the storm, Debbie - it is all to the south and east of us. We got a little bit of rain today but wasn't more than a fraction of an inch. I am looking forward to a nice rainstorm as well.

I pulled the mulch back and have a whole bunch of things just breaking the soil surface.

Temperatures are forecasted to be below freezing at night this coming week (sigh).

Steve

Riders on the storm here...

I better go check the weather channel for low temps expected here this week, my Freesia alba and Freesia leichtlinii are both in full bloom. That's about all I have to worry about freezing, if they were smaller, no problem. Oh no, I forgot about my Hippeastrum glausecens with a 5" bud scape...off to turn on the weather channel.

I love that jonquilla 'Golden Dawn' dmj! Very lovely gentle looking flower.
Thanks wallaby! I went back to the miniature bulbs site and found out that they indeed post within Europe.

Golden Dawn is lovely! The petals look to be bordered in a creamy green-yellow, and I love the yellow flush around the trumpet.

bonitin, look at their tulips, I got some nice tulip species too.

I did!! And they have some irresistable ones too! Just a pity they don't always show the hearts, very important for me!

Debbie,

I was wrong about the storm - we got just pounded with rain last night and now the forecast is for some snow tonight. To think it hit 90 just last week, then dropped to 26 two nights later, and now snow. It is cold and wet ands miserable and right at freezing here now. Nice Texas weather!!

I thought I had one bad post on my back fence--I was wrong. I came home from the movies this afternoon (what better to do on a cold afternoon) and the entire 80' back privacy fence had fallen down, in sections. What's worse, if it could be any worse, is it fell in on my 12' wide bed 80' long. Luckily I had moved most of those plants in anticipation of expected fence replacement. Nothing quite like shoring up a wooden privacy fence in cold 40 mph winds and rain with 2x4's. I have such nice neighbors, Its something all the time around here!
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I'm having no fun.....

I am sorry to hear about your fence :-( But I am glad you had moved your plants! You were planning on replacing it anyway, right???

We ARE getting snow now! Oh nooooo :-)

yep that looks cold....well the subdivision is going to do it if they get all the affected residents' legal papers in. If one person refuses, then they won't do it. Then it will be on my dime.

Not ALL the plants were out of there; but the most valuable ones. We got the fence picked up pretty fast.

expected low here tonight is only 38.

That's a long fence to replace if you have to do it yourself Deb, I don't understand the laws of subdivisions but I hope they all agree!

Hey Steve, that snow came our way too! I didn't see it in the process but there was a few flakes on the ground this morning, it was below freezing last night too. Struggled up to 44F with some sun but winds are cold.

I managed to get a shot of the big trumpet one in between clouds yesterday. It looks more orangey in sun, and the tepals look more green in shade.

At the same time with no sun..

Debbie that is awful about your fence! Why is it so cold in Houston??

I like the colours of the pict in the shadow the best wallaby.
Very cold icy winds here too, there was even some hail falling this afternoon. No damage though...

The "shoring up" process held thru the windy night so I should be OK for a few days/weeks on the fence until I can get a hold of the HOA manager. We will get out there later and see how it can be improved--those kinds of things are hard to see in the dark and rain. Found out one neighbor didn't even get a letter (I suspect he is not the name of ownership) so it might be a while before this is done. He will have to receive a letter, get it signed and notorized, and then return it. Which leaves me in total limbo on an 80' x 12' wide garden area at the height of the growing season here. Guess I'll just heavily mulch the unplanted, cleared back 2' (which we were asked to do for fence replacement) for now. And I won't put anything else back there either in case the whole fence falls again. Oh well, I'll make the best of it by concentrating efforts on other areas and making better plans for that one when its all finished.

Its cold in Houston Marie because its still late winter, that's the way the weather in Texas is in early spring. Hot one day, cold the next. It only got down to 38F (4C) here last night and that was because it was so windy. That is certainly not going to hurt any plants. Down here the winds need to be dead calm with no clouds to freeze at night. Its already up to 42F (6C) and clear, bright and sunny. Most importantly (to me, anyway) the wind has died down tremendously. High today is expected 66F (18C) and tomorrow's high is expected to be 74F (24C). All in all, I can't complain about the weather at all; just the fence.

Off to try to take a few photo's and go to vote.
=)

I can give you a mass shot of this one in a few days--I'm just putting these up to show a fairly decent close up view on this jonquilla.

Its displaying jonquilla div 7 characteristics well this morning... daff's have small flowers with flat petals usually 1-5 (rarely 8) blooms on stem, foliage narrow and reed like).

In between multi-tasking to deal with obvious other issues, I had the blue/black background board out for some other species shots and decided, on a whim, to use it on this one too. I think it works better and allows my camera to focus a bit better. This is 'Golden Dawn' again with blueboard.


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Same shot without backboard and the lovely shot of the next door neighbors trash waiting for removal today. I can't complain about his trash, not many neighbors would help you in the cold dark rain to shore up your fence. But it shows how the camera will just not focus or either the operator of the camera can't get it to focus.

Wow both are great pictures and sounds like you have a pretty great neighbor!!

The blue board works wonders Deb!

I have an early Rip van Winkle but by the time I got to it the sun disappeared, but it always overexposes with sun anyway. Might do better with this camera if I get to it when there's sun.

This one is from a 'special' mix and has been in a large tub for at least 3 years, this year they might get planted, lol, at least they should have adjusted.

It's a large trumpet but has a different form.

Another of Jetfire, I can't get right under them like I could with the compact! Compacts do have their uses.

Lovely dmj!
Rip van Winkle looks like a fairy dress wallaby!

Another humble small one from the species mix.
It is taller than tête à tête but has a slightly smaller and paler flower.
Could be the same though....
My tête à têtes are looking now like yours with more intense colour.

oops, forgot to post the pic!

They are both beautiful!
Yetfire has a nice shape and I like the way they look down.

I think you do have another Tete-a-tete bonitin, they do vary in size at least until well established.

Jetfire's trumpet will become a richer orange, and the tepals will recurve more yet. I like it!

love 'em all, ya'll!
=)

N Trevithian in the morning sun. Lovely sweet fragrance, also.

Chris

Pouring down rain here today--which we need; supposedly to be followed by strong winds tomorrow--which I don't need.
I think this is about as good as its going to get on Narcissus x intermedius 'Texas Star'--its a rather "ratty" looking old heirloom, which is why its in the backyard.

Snow here...beautiful daffodils, everyone (sniff) I have no flowers to look at now!

Back yard

We are supposed to get more tonight. And to think it was 75 this past weekend! The drive to work tomorrow morning will not be fun.

Debbie at least you just got rain.....it is supposed to freeze tonight and the slushy roads will be an ice skating rink.

This one is just opening up and I'm glad I got it early this morning because I'm quite certain its beaten down to the ground by the heavy rain by now. This is usually one of my latest blooming daff's; and since it is so late blooming it often suffers with late April heat. Its very suitable for Texas, just not way down here in Texas. If they rest of the bulbs bloom early as this one is, it might look a lot better this year.

Robin is into "tacky" yard art; she is 19 so there's still hope she will grow out of this. But anything that will get her interested in gardening I encourage. So she is allowed to put her art, and I use that term loosely, in the back yard. Her art is limited to ladybugs and gargoyles. I actually like the gargoyles and have found a use for the ladybugs. They mark the spot where bulbs are planted when they are dormant. That explains why the ladybug is in this shot.

This one is a late blooming variety and never blooms before the end of March or April. Its Narcissus x incomparibilis 'Butter and Eggs' another heirloom in cultivation since 1777. This one has a really nice fragrance too, but I guess you will just have to imagine that. And since it was just opening up--I guess you will have to use your imagine to picture it open too. I'm certain it won't look very nice tomorrow.

I'm sure you will do the decent thing Steve, and keep that snow on your side, lol!

Deb, you can call it 'natural', they must look good amongst other things. I have some daffs and a few tall tulips growing amongst deciduous shrubs and they look natural there!

Steve that looks cold; its 45F (7C) here right now and pouring down rain (which we need). They are saying the swells in the gulf are 4'-6'--that's rather unusual, I'd like to see that. Can't take a 60 mile trip tonight though--got fence watching duty. Sort of like train spotting. I know my neighbors are praying they don't have to shore it up for me again in the cold rain, so it will probably hold. We will just have to see how strong the winds get tomorrow.

I can almost hear my Narcissus, Zephyranthes, and Habranthus sighing with relief with the deluge. They are saying 34F (1C) tomorrow night--I guess I will have to put a box over my emerging scape of Hippeastrum glaucescens or some of that floating row cover. I'll pull in my tomato and pepper seedlings into the garage later tonight; the rest can take it.

What is late is early this spring (and this trend is also applying to all my Louisiana Iris' blooms as well as my Narcissus) and what's early is late. This usually always blooms in late January or early February--but its decided to just start blooming now. I actually have a really good shot of this from last year with a gargoyle, but we will keep to reporting what is happening this year with the Narcissus. So this year you will just have to enjoy it with the ragweed that's already emerging for the season.

edited to add: By the way its 'Avalanche' or what they call 'Seventeen Sisters' around here. Only 4 sisters so far--lol

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Hello,
Mind if I join in. I don't know the names of any of mine, I am working on that part, but I have had two different ones show up. This one is the newest find earlier this week. I love the orange color.

Thank you, Steve, for stating what your first bloom is. I LOVE it and saw them at the Nashville Lawn and garden show. Can you believe the people who were selling them did not know the name. I asked what it was and they said, "a daffodil". I laughed because I thought they were joking. I attempted to recover by asking what type and they didn't know. Needless to say, I didn't buy and it was a very ackward moment.

Sincerely,
Traci

I have been working on IDing this one. I only have this pic, as I cut it for my SIL and since then the crazy weather has either frozen them or blown them away. I hope to have a few more blooms soon.

You got that second one ID'd on this thread as 'Van Sion', I'd recognize all that green in the bloom anywhere now:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/802408/

The first one looks a bit like 'Tahiti' to me:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53946/

Debbie
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Hey Debbie,
He said he thought it was Van Sion at the Daff society, which I am hooked on by the way (DAFFSEEK) LOL, but he wants more pics. Since I cut the only one that looked good, I couldn't get more. He wants pics of the back, height, better color (it is too dark a yellow in the photos), side, and close up of petals. I betcha after all that, I get, "It is Van Sion.":^)

I saw Tahiti on Daffseek and it was the closest I could come to....except for one other, but I can't think right now. Crud, now I have to go find it.

Yours are fantastic, and I would say that Van Sion and Butter and Eggs look very similar. Golden Dawn is one I have looked at many times on Daff and Erlicheer is to die for! I think I have a new obsession. All from one bloom. LOL.