Recurring bud blast! Third spring with no blooms. I wish I never planted Golden Ducat.
I am am in SE Michigan near Ann A...Read Morerbor, zone 5-6. My soil is good sandy loam, farmland with just a hint of clay. I purchased Golden Ducat in a mixed pack from Costco four years ago. So, I've now experienced three seasons of potential blooms. Each spring yellow buds appear, that is about it. 80% of the buds fail to open and produce a flower. The few flowers that do develop tend to topple over. I do not experience this bud blast problem with other daffodils, including doubles. White Lion blooms fine in the same bed. The bud blast is specific to my Golden Ducat daffodils. Now I am left with the final solution of removing the bulbs. That is is too difficult and labor intensive in my mixed bed. Therefore, I expect that Golden Ducat will indefinitely taunt me with buds that fail to bloom.
I wish I knew the exact cause of the bud blast. I believe that Golden Ducat is just sensitive. I am a Master Gardener. I have a clue about gardening. The bulbs are planted correctly. This bud blast surprised me. Golden Ducat is my first experience with daffodil bud blast.
spokane valley, WA (Zone 5a) | March 2009 | positive
A spectacular large bloom, performs well here where many doubles typically blast, and it is normal for the all of the double bloomers to ...Read Morefall over during our rainy, windy springs. This and all of our daffodils did superbly during the spring of 2008, when we were unusually cold and wetter than normal, many of or daffodils never looked so good as they did that year, snow, sleet and frost did them good. Golden Ducat has been a good performer here since I started growing it, it has never blasted, but after 2008 I see that many of our daffodils would much prefer a colder spring than we usually have.
This is my first year with this plant. I planted about 50 bulbs last fall. They are beginning to bloom now in May, but the heads of the f...Read Morelowers droop over and touch the ground with no apparent way to right them. This was caused by a very light rain. They're a beautiful flower, but I will be removing them after this season. No use in keeping a flower that doesn't want to display itself to all.
I have always loved daffodils because they are so easy to grow. I planted Golden Ducat thinking it would be a nice change from all the r...Read Moreegular trumpet shaped daffodils we have. I was so disappointed after a long winter to be greeted by flowers that bent their stems and put their faces in the dirt as soon as they bloomed. It just looked depressing. I would recommend sticking with daffodils with stronger stems, since the springtime is known to be windy (April showers, etc.) and these guys can't take it.
I am afraid that I am not the only person in my area whose flowers consistently blast every year. (The flowers dry up before they open.) ...Read More Whatever displeases it does not affect other Narcissus in the same soil. I try my hardest to kill the remnants of them that survive.
These big eye-catchers bloomed late in our garden--after most of the other narcissus (except Poeticus). Made a nice bulb garden with blu...Read Moree Camassia and emerging golden edged hosta.
Also bloomed with n. 'baby moon' and dwarf and intermediate border iris.
They are tall and can be floppy if not in a protected site.
This bulb loves very, very cold winters - I planted these three years ago when we moved into this house, and this is their first year of ...Read Morebloom - and we just had a first subzero, long icy winter in three years - well worth the wait!
Recurring bud blast! Third spring with no blooms. I wish I never planted Golden Ducat.
I am am in SE Michigan near Ann A...Read More
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Here, weak stem with heavy head - floppy as said below.
However, very pretty and worth staking.
A spectacular large bloom, performs well here where many doubles typically blast, and it is normal for the all of the double bloomers to ...Read More
This is my first year with this plant. I planted about 50 bulbs last fall. They are beginning to bloom now in May, but the heads of the f...Read More
I have always loved daffodils because they are so easy to grow. I planted Golden Ducat thinking it would be a nice change from all the r...Read More
I am afraid that I am not the only person in my area whose flowers consistently blast every year. (The flowers dry up before they open.) ...Read More
These big eye-catchers bloomed late in our garden--after most of the other narcissus (except Poeticus). Made a nice bulb garden with blu...Read More
I grew this variety in Kansas in an exposed area of the garden. It has a beautiful flower, but it does not cope well with wind.
This bulb loves very, very cold winters - I planted these three years ago when we moved into this house, and this is their first year of ...Read More
Division IV Double flowered Daffodil cultivar.
Has golden yellow, double flowers that can reach 4.5 inches across.
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