David Burdick
Grower of Daffodil Flowers and Bulbs
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Offering Undiscovered Varieties Belonging in All Gardens

2010 Catalog

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Your Chance at Some Real Rarities

Building up enough stock of a variety to allow cataloging can take a long time, especially when starting out with just one bulb. All of the following have had extremely limited commercial availability, if any, and are still years away from being plentiful enough to include in our general list. Only one or two of each to sell.

Kate Reade Introductions

Braid Song 9W-GYO - One of three poets Kate named from Como x Andrew Marvel, the cross being made by Arthur Robinson of England. This variety has had wider distribution than the two above, yet it remains scarce. A double triangle pure white perianth with a disc like cup with strong coloration, as every selection from this cross seemed to have. Kate was growing on many more still unnamed selections from it, but sadly these were all transferred to another growing area and subsequently lost during the attempt by the Broughshane community to continue Carncairn’s business after Kate decided to retire.     $30

Dr. William A. Bender Introductions

Phantom Dancer 11aW-P - I have seen precious few split corona daffodils with petals as smooth and with as much substance as Phantom Dancer. Its form is impeccable also, with the six segments very flat against the double triangle perianth and covering ½ to 2/3 of the petal length. I do wish the petals were whiter, and the corona segments more true pink than orange-pink, but I must repeat, what smooth form and substance! Alas, it is also a frustratingly slow multiplier. Bred from Phantom x Eclat and blooming late-midseason.                                                                                                      $60

Three Rivers 3W-YYO - This Bender hybrid was selected for naming to commemorate the 1999 ADS Convention in Pittsburgh. Overall, the flower is quite rounded. The broad, very white petals are overlapping and somewhat reflexed. The bowl shaped cup is pale yellow with some green deep in the heart, and edged with a fine line of orange/red. The rim has places where it splits and attractively swirls toward the center of the flower. Quite unlike any other Bender introduction in form and style.                                                                                                                                                                      $45

Towson Blush 1Y-PPY - A rarely available intermediate sized trumpet, initially named Towson Rose. Nice double triangle of smooth, light yellow petals. The trumpet is a peachy pink slightly flared funnel. The flower size and plant size are in good proportion. The rumor has been that virus was possibly the reason for the diminished size of the flower, but our stock seems to show no signs of infection.                                                                                                                                      $25

Janis Ruksans Introductions

Jonathan 3W-GYO - A borderline division 2/3 that Janis believed had great exhibition potential. Broad, overlapping, very white petals provide the background for a green-throated cup of an unusual shade of yellow not often seen in daffodils. Golden mustard yellow is the best I can do, but those words hardly convey the attractiveness of the color. For us, the darker rim suggested by the code is never really a prominent feature of this flower.                                                                   $45

Blood Mary 3W-R - No doubt Janis has appreciated and greatly benefited from the help of Brian Duncan (as have I). Obviously the stock Brian sent to Latvia had great influence on Janis’ daffodil breeding program. This flower was selected as the possible rival to Brian’s highly awarded Dr. Hugh. Blood Mary has a similarly huge, wide overlapping flat perianth of the purest white. The green hearted cup was always more deeply colored than Dr. Hugh’s under conditions in Latvia, and here in New England the same is true; it is truly red and not orange. Unfortunately, Blood Mary also seems to share Dr. Hugh’s annoying habit of producing a “Best in Show” bloom the day after judging. If only I had a later season show to go to! As a postscript, the same photo and description used for Blood Mary in Ruksans’ 2003 catalog was under an entry called Strawberries on Snow in his 2004 listing. I’m still trying to find out whether the two are the same.                             $30

10 Bulbs or Less of each to Sell

We thought we should separate these varieties into their own little section, as we expect an early sell out of the available bulbs. Most are first time offerings from our catalog, and I believe the Ruksans hybrids are presented commercially for the first time from any source other than Janis himself.
Early ordering is highly recommended (before 7/15).

Baltic Way - Bulb guru Janis Ruksans of Latvia made his first trip to the U.S. in the spring of 2002 after being invited as a guest speaker for the ADS Convention held near Cincinnati. Bulbs of his hybrids had been sent to the area the previous fall, so that convention goers could see and talk to him about his daffodils. Baltic Way was by far my favorite, looking good in every garden it had been planted in. The wide, overlapping, and slightly pointed petals are a very clean pure white. The deep lemon yellow cup generates a sharp and startling color contrast. As yet to be officially registered. 2W-Y Mid Season $18 each

Sunny Ring - So far, the most successful of Janis Ruksans’ flowers on U.S. show benches. It has very wide overlapping petals of snowy white, with a fairly wide funnel shaped cup of similar pure color that is rimmed with a bright lemon-lime sunny ring. An early-mid to mid season bloomer here, with very few worthy competitors out there of the same color code. One of just a handful of daffodils officially registered by the Latvian bulb expert; submitted in 1997. 2W-WWY            $24 each

Rimski - The necessary evil of refereeing weeds certainly provides the opportunity for close up observation of your flowers. During one such session a few years back I detected a fragrance that was definitely daffodil, yet not the distinctive sweetness of the jonquils or the spicy scent of the poets. On elbows and knees I followed my nose to a freshly opened bloom of ‘Rimski’, and marveled at its light and delicious perfume. Such beauty rarely lingers—after just the second day it had ridden the winds elsewhere. The sniffing of ‘Rimski’ is now a much anticipated spring ritual, and “opening day” is closely monitored. Beautifully formed and of intermediate size, with a wide band of apple blossom pink at the tip of the cup. From Brian Duncan, 1984. 2W-YWP                                                                                                                                             $ 8 each

Party Doll - A Bill Pannill double that he registered at 80mm diameter, making it eligible for exhibiting in classes showcasing intermediate sized daffodils. Before intermediates became popular, it was politely described as a “smallish double”. It will be of interest to the many breeders now looking to develop other “smallish” flowers that Party Doll produces viable pollen. The one back layer of six petals is very white, and the tightly bunched petaloids in the center are a mixture of white and a deep orange/reddish pink. It stands up well in bad weather, and opens reliably, even in Bill’s Virginia fields. A late mid season bloomer introduced in 1980. 4W-P                                                                                                                 $12 each

Lackawanna - One of the strategies I have for helping decide which varieties to invest in when visiting a show is to observe the classes where three stems of the same flower are required for each entry. The luxury of using up three quality blooms in one display usually signals a strong, floriferous grower that gives the exhibitor lots of flowers to choose from. The best group of three in the whole show is awarded the White Ribbon, and Lackawanna has won a bunch of them in its short time since being introduced. Its overlapping bright yellow petals are consistently smooth and without nicks. The slightly deeper yellow funnel shaped cup may even have some orange undertones in certain seasons. A different and very consistent early all-yellow daffodil from Pennsylvania’s Dr. William A. Bender, registered in 2000. 2Y-Y                                                            $24 each

Three of Diamonds - A miniature with obvious poeticus heritage bred by Ohio’s Mary Lou Gripshover, although “officially” a small cup. This late season little flower has snowy white overlapping petals that attractively bend backwards as the bloom matures. Its tiny central disc opens a soft green, rimmed at the top with a thin line of orange. Eventually the majority of the center of the cup fades to white, with just a jewel of jade remaining deep in its heart. Registered 3W-GWO way back in the dark ages of 1993, when it was believed that true miniature Division 9 flowers did not exist or could ever be produced. Thanks to determined hybridizers, lots of them are now on the way.                                                                            $30 each

Final Curtain - An open-pollinated offspring of ‘Grace Note’ that has the same exquisite coloring, yet is larger in all aspects and even later blooming (in fact, as its name implies, one of the very last daffodils to flower). Like its mother, the petals open with a greenish cast but soon go pure poeticus white. The small, ribbed, chrome yellow short cup has a deep green heart. Mary Lou Gripshover staged a white ribbon winner (best vase of three in the show) on Nantucket in 2006 that you just couldn’t take your eyes off of. She registered this selection from her Ohio garden in 1995. 3W-GYY             $15 each

Rita Dove - Mary Lou Gripshover’s first registration from her cross of Dactyl x Evans 9W-R seedling, Rita Dove has broad, overlapping petals full of substance and whiteness. The flower form is very rounded. The sweetly scented central disc has a narrow yellow zone between broader bands of green in the heart and orange at the rim. In some years and in some climates the cup may open without any yellow present, replaced with more glowing orange. U.S.A. bred, registered 2003. 9W-GYO
                                                                                                                                                                    $24 each

Robert Frost - Another poet bred by Mary Lou Gripshover and from the same cross as Rita Dove, seedling 73-22-18 was initially selected because of its very noticeable rapid rate of increase. Quite different in appearance from its sibling, Robert’s frosty white petals are more oblong and taper to a point, so the overall form of the bloom is less circular. The disc shaped cup opens for us with a rich orange central zone, and holds it for a number of days before the sun starts to fade it yellow. A 2005 registration. 9W-GOR                                                                                                                                  $10 each

Robert Frost - Another poet bred by Mary Lou Gripshover and from the same cross as Rita Dove, seedling 73-22-18 was initially selected because of its very noticeable rapid rate of increase. Quite different in appearance from its sibling, Robert’s frosty white petals are more oblong and taper to a point, so the overall form of the bloom is less circular. The disc shaped cup opens for us with a rich orange central zone, and holds it for a number of days before the sun starts to fade it yellow. A 2005 registration. 9W-GOR                                                                                                                                  $10 each

Chinese White - Pre-1937 Guy Wilson flower crucial to the development of so many modern day favorites, although still a beautiful flower in its own right. A pure white rounded bloom with broad satiny smooth petals and a fluted shallow cup. My bulbs came from his hometown of Broughshane in Northern Ireland via Kate Reade. Could it be this was stock originally from Guy Wilson himself? 3W-W                                                                                                                          $ 8 each

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