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

2008 Catalog

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Yellow Petals, Cup Ages To White
- Mid Season
- Late Mid Season

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Yellow Petals, Cup Ages To White

Mid Season

Limehurst - Reverse bicolor is the term used to describe all daffodils with cups that fade to a lighter color than the petals. It takes 3-4 days or longer for the white cup coloration to fully develop but the resultant and often startling contrast can remain effective in the garden for three weeks or more. Most have the very beautiful Daydream in their backgrounds, but this variety has shown the susceptibility to basal rot in many areas of our country, including mine. Limehurst grows faithfully and completes its reverse very quickly. From Tom Bloomer of Northern Ireland, 1982. 2YYW-W.                   $ 3 each

Bracken Hill - A good strong grower that leaves a nice yellow rim on the edge of the cup as the rest turns pure white. The petals are a lemon yellow. A very pretty and sturdy plant that is good in the garden and for exhibition. From Kate Reade of Northern Ireland, 1985.
2Y-GWY                     $ 4 each

Gin and Lime - One of the rare trumpet reverse bicolors. A very long laster, but it takes a relatively long time to complete the color change in the huge cup. Kate Reade says that this is the only flower she has introduced that was a totally planned cross with a specific result in mind. The rest of the time she just puts two flowers together that she thinks will produce nice looking offspring. Judging by the number of her introductions included in this catalog, I obviously believe she is a natural born matchmaker. From Carncairn Daffodils in Northern Ireland, 1973. 1Y-W.                   $ 8 each

Yellow Petals, Cup Ages To White

Late Mid Season

Lemon Sprite - For me, Lemon Sprite grows as a much smaller plant than fellow reverse bicolor jonquils Oryx and Pipit. This makes it a possibility for some rockeries. The 2-3 flowers per cluster are of standard size for their tribe, and have the lovely sweet fragrance too. The long lasting blooms have bright lemon petals, and begin to really sparkle once the whitening cups purify. A very vigorous, and well-liked daffodil from Mitsch/Havens in Oregon, 1988.
7YYW-W                                      $ 5 each 

Carib Gipsy - The daffodil that made the biggest impression on me at the 2002 American Daffodil Society Convention. Inside the exhibition hall it grabbed two of the major awards; outside its stout clumps of sturdy flowers and clean foliage grabbed my attention in every garden we visited. The large flowers open with a overall greenish-lemon cast, then soon the yellow of the petals darkens and the trumpet-like cup goes chalky white, leaving only a golden rim. A bear of a grower producing big clean bulbs. From John Pearson of Hofflands Daffodils, England, 1987.
2Y-WWY                                      $ 8 each

Other Yellow Petals, Cup Ages To White Available:

 Bosmeor - Floriferous, reliable, although smaller flowered. Mid Season                        2Y-W           $4 each

 Golden Halo – Long lasting in the garden, incredibly prolific.          Mid Season            2Y-WWY    $4 each, 3/$10

Kernow - Long, chalky white cup that’s rimmed yellow. Collection flower. Mid Season  2Y-WWY    $4 each

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