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| Image 1: Yellow and White Daffodils |
In May, I spontaneously joined the Midwest Daffodil Society, when I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden on the day of the Society's spring show. I had stopped for a quick visit while I was returning home from a trip [to an AQS quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky!] The daffodil show was wonderful - tables and tables of flowers and arrangements and displays.
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| Image 2: Midwest Daffodil Society Daffodil Show at Chicago Botanic Garden |
I saw a large variety of
daffodils, increasing my appreciation for a lovely spring flower I had in my garden
at home. I love spring,
flowers, and daffodils, and so it seemed like a great day to join a
group I hadn't known existed. I would learn more about daffodils as well.
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| Image 3: Daffodils with pink cup |
Because I joined, I returned for the society's bulb sale and other meetings, where I got a bunch of different types (divisions) of daffodil bulbs, with codes for the colors.
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| Image 4: Daffodil Collection at the Midwest Daffodil Society Show |
I created this post to document the bulbs I got and to learn more about the daffodil bulbs I recently planted. If the bulbs actually bloom next spring, I'll be able to find the information about what I planted.
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| Image 5: Daffodils |
As a side benefit, this post can introduce gardeners and people who like daffodils to more information about daffodils. The American Daffodil Society has an information packed site, and I used DaffSeek's great website for learning about and identifying the daffodil types.
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| Image 6: Daffodils |
And why am I posting this post in November? Because I'm trying to document the bulbs I recently planted, and also fulfill my goal of posting one post a month. Today's my last chance to get a post in in November, and I just planted the bulbs in the VERY COLD ground. This post is unseasonal but it's what I was working on.
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| Image 7: Daffodils |
So, on to Planting....
What I got:
Division 1 – Trumpet Daffodils
[Corona 'trumpet' as long as, or longer than the petals. One flower to a stem]:
Bravoure daffodil 1 W-Y trumpet wister
Ombersley daffodil 1 Y-Y Pastles 96
Division 2 Daffodils
[Large cup shorter than petals, One flower to a stem]:
Altun Ha daffodil 2 YYWW W
Chromacolor daffodil 2 W-P large cup
Celyon daffodil 2 Y-O large cup wister
Hawaiian Skies daffodil 2 W-YYP large cup
Iroquois daffodil 2YYW-O Havens 95
Men-an-Tol daffodil 2Y-YYR Scamp 94
Pacific Rim daffodil 2Y-YYR Mitsch 95
Plaudit daffodil 2W-P D Jackson 2006
Division 3 Daffodils
[Small cupped daffodils, Corona “cup” not more than one-third the length of the petals, One flower per stem]:
Barrett Browning daffodil 3 W-WWWY small cup
Cameo Marie daffodil 3 W-YYO small cup
Callaway daffodil 3 W-YYO small cup
Dreamlight daffodil 3 W-WWWY small cup
Ring Fence daffodil 3Y-YYR Duncan 96
Sinopel daffodil 3 W-WWWY small cup
Division 4 Daffodils
[Double Daffodils - Double petals or cups or both, 1 or more flower per stem]:
Gay Tabor daffodil 4 W-O Double
Le Torch 4 Y-O double
Salou daffodil 4 W-Y Double
No photo
Division 7 Jonquilla Daffodils
[Corona cup-shaped, funnel-shaped or flared, usually wider than long; flowers usually fragrant. One to five (rarely eight) flowers to a stem]:
Golden Echo daffodil 7 WWY-Y
Pipit daffodil 7 YYW-W
Division 8 Tazetta Daffodils
[Petal segments spreading not reflexed; flowers usually fragrant. Usually three to twenty flowers to a stout stem]:
Avalanche daffodil 8 W-Y
Division 9 Poeticus Daffodils
[Petal segments pure white; corona very short or disc-shaped, not more than one-fifth the length of the petals; flowers fragrant ]:
Lemon Cooler daffodil 9W-GWO
Malin Head daffodil 9W-GWO
Division 11a – Split-Cupped Collar Daffodils
[Split-corona daffodils with the corona segments opposite the petals; the corona segments usually in two whorls of three]:
Sovereign daffodil 11a W-O Split corona
Yellow Parrot daffodil 11a Y-Y Mini, split cup
They are all planted, and now I will dream about them growing and blooming in spring. It seems a miracle for the lumpy brown bulbs that frankly look dead to morph into a delicately petaled and exquisitely formed daffodil plant!
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Near the dining room window I pulled up the dead Evergreen tree and planted 5 bulbs, and planted myrtle over them. Altun Ha, Chromacolor, and Hawaiian Skies daffodils
Far from the dining room I pulled up the other dead evergreen tree and planted 6 bulbs, and put some myrtle over them. Salou, Le Torch and 4 Bittern.
