daffodil classics

Theresa,

Now here I totally agree with Bill !   Brent & Becky's Bulb catalogue has
a nice selection at good prices but I'd suggest the following:

Instead of Avalanche, I'd substitute 'Sir Winston Churchill'.  It's
listed as a division 4 double instead of a division 8 tazetta.  It's
still a tazetta, just a double one (it's an RHS thing).  Incredibly
fragrant and how I first made acquaintance with Bill.  He was carrying
one stem of it across a room and I just had to know what that wonderful
smell was!

Instead of 'Tahiti', I'd use 'Acropolis'.  'Tahiti' is a pale yellow
/orange double but the stems can be very tall and do not always support
the bloom.  One rain and they are face down in the mud.  'Acropolis' is a
white double with orange petaloids.  The stems are much sturdier.

Instead of 'Jack Snipe', I'd go for 'Mite' which is listed in the
miniatures.  It's large for a mini and all yellow but has incredible form
and has been a good increaser here.  Or the previously mentioned
'Segovia'. 

And for anyone who likes the form of 'Hawera' and would like something a
little larger and in white, you can not beat 'Ice Wings'.  

Linda Wallpe

  
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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:54:21 EST
From: Blee811@aol.com
Subject: Re: daffodil 'Hawera'
 
In a message dated 2/11/2003 10:07:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
lynnlamb@carolina.rr.com writes:
 > Accent
> Rijnveld's Early Sensation
> Serola
> Baby Moon and Quail
> Hawera
> Tahiti
> Jack Snipe
> Hoop petticoats
> Intrigue
> Avalanche
 
All great daffodils, but not all will do well in the colder zones.
Avalanche 
usually freezes out here in Cincinnati unless in a very protected spot
and 
we're Zone 6a. Mine froze so many years in a row that it died. Hoops 
petticoats (Narcissus bulbocodium) can be iffy--I've never found the
exactly 
right conditions that make them live on for many years.
 
Intrigue and Quail are great jonquils--both of American breeding (Bill 
Pannill 'Intrigue' and Grant Mitsch 'Quail').  I would pass on Accent--It
was 
a great pink-cupped daffodil when it was introduced in 1960, but put it
next 
to Fragrant Rose and it will not look as good.
 
Bill Lee
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