There are close to 200 cultivars of daffodils at Oak Lawn, a few of which I'll share today. While I do know the names of some of them, for the most part I don't bother to keep track. They are a simple way to joyfully welcome spring each season. The largest bed also contains hemerocallis which hides the ripening daffodil foliage. Over time the daffodils can sometimes get shaded out by tree growth around them and begin to bloom sporadically. It's then when I dig and divide the clumps and move them about the gardens. It works very well to do this just after their foliage comes out of the ground in spring and it doesn't seem to faze them a bit. Here then are photos from the past couple of seasons posted while pleasingly aware that this scene will be repeating itself in the next few weeks! Larry
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Gorgeous! I love bulbs planted in large masses...stunning.
You have an exceptionally beautiful garden Larry. You should open your garden once-in-a while to visitors, i am sure they will get a lot of inspiration and positive energies from them. Your area is so wide and after finishing the hostas, now i am awed by the expanse of the daffodils. We don't have these plants in the tropics, but i surely love them in blogs.
[regarding your comment in my orchid post, may i know what you mean by T5 structures? I also would like to see the picture of the whole orchid plant so maybe i can tell or suggest something for it. Having yellower leaves than usual might mean different things, not only sunlight but maybe lack of nitrogen, but that depends on the overall look of the plant. You can email me the photo, and let's see what we can do about it]
What a burst of daffodils you bid on. I long for my own garden begins to bloom. I wish you a wonderful weekend! Zinnias
Let me know if you are interested in selling any of them when you divide them....gorgeous!!
You have a wonderful array of colors and forms there Larry! I just love the photos showing a sea of yellow in front of the conifers. Stunning!
What riches. So many beautiful specimens and so lovongly planted in great drifts.
I love the way that you've planted them in large groupings with different colors, an impressive display. And they look great next to/near the conifers and garden infrastructure (the wooden fence). Very well done.
I love daffodils en masse. What a cheerful statement they make in the early garden! It's snowing now; I thought we were going to get lucky and it go south and east of us...oh well! Spring will be coming, just not quickly enough!
God bless, Beth
Hello all and thanks for visiting the daffodil post and for your kind words! I will respond to the specific questions that some of you have asked.
Darla... I highly recommend going to the following web site...http://www.colorblends.com/Daffodils/...
and looking at the Daffodil 100 collection... everyone I have recommended this to has been extremely pleased with the results! Also Darla, I saw on your site that you were concerned about whether you needed to buy more space from google in order to maintain your blog. I was in this situation some time ago and it was only $5 a year for a considerable amount of addition space.
Andrea... I will either do an orchid post or send a photo of the Vanda when I get a chance... thank you. By the way... T5's are a lighting fixture with a good output and less heat than other fixtures. I've been using them for some time in the orchid case I built and am very pleased with the results thus far. The bulbs are very thin... perhaps 3/4's of an inch in diameter.
We knew a bit of winter had to come our way and we are in the midst of getting up to 8-10 inches of snow which won't last long since we are to be in the 50's later next week. I was able to catch a few photos just as the snow started and was creating a tracery on the conifers. I'll be sharing some of them in a post later this evening.
Larry
Beautiful! I really love the ones that are peachy colored.
Enjoy. They don't grow down here in the tropics, so I'll enjoy them through your blog and others who grow them.
Have a nice weekend ~ FlowerLady
Beautiful! I love your mass plantings of bulbs and how they look with the evergreens in the backdrop. Your gardens are magnificent!
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