7Y-O. $ 3 each
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Undiscovered Varieties Belonging in All Gardens
2010 Catalog
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All
Yellow Daffodils
- Early Season
- Later Season
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Early Season
Narcissus
minor--A tiny version of a yellow trumpet, and one of
the first daffodils to bloom each season. The 4-6" plant and
small flowers make it ideal for the rock garden. Confusion reigns
amongst botanists working with Narcissus species, but it is
generally agreed that N. minor is native at least in Northern
Spain and the Pyrenees.
13Y-Y
$ 4 each, 3/$10
Mount Nittany -
Quite unlike most of Dr. Bill Bender’s other all-yellow Division 1
introductions, which tend to have trumpets that are very narrowed toward the
base, Mount Nittany’s snout is much more cylindrical before ending with its
wide, frilly flare. The golden yellow flowers are held well above the foliage
and at a perfect angle for viewing in the garden or on the show table. Vigorous
and healthy, I firmly believe this is a daffodil that will be with us for a
long, long time. We should all be grateful to Richard Ezell for his continuing
watch over his late mentor’s seedling stocks; otherwise great plants like this
could have been lost forever. Exhibited and winning major awards since being
named, and even before while still under seedling # 89/178, its breeding is
(Arctic Gold x Chemawa) x Gold Convention. Richard registered it in Bender
fashion, with a Pennsylvanian inspired name, in 2006.
1Y-Y
$30 each, 3/$75
Later Season
Life - A third jonquil hybrid along with Stratosphere and Oryx
that I would never be without. Happily, all three happen to be quite distinct in
their colorations. Life’s overall tone is a soft lemon, but has a halo of white
surrounding the small cup. The yellow of the center disc is most often suffused
with a delightful pinky-apricot color, plus carries the sweet scent that
characterizes the jonquil tribe. A healthy grower with 2-3 flowers per stem. A
Mitsch creation, 1979.
7YYW-Y
$ 6 each
Nonchalant - My first American Daffodil Society Convention
included a short visit to the fields of Mitsch Daffodils in Oregon. There were
acres of daffodils in bloom and hundreds of varieties and unnamed seedlings to
try to take in. We returned on our own three more times before the trip was up,
and one day spotted this daffodil in a section of southern hemisphere
originations that had been “turned around”; now April was going to be spring
instead of fall. It became the variety I most wanted to purchase that year, and
has stayed a favorite. It always wins when exhibited, and for me is a wonderful
tall and vigorous late season daffodil. Very clear and brilliant yellow, with
green deep inside the small cup. From Jackson’s Daffodils of Tasmania, 1989.
3Y-GYY
$ 7 each
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Stratosphere
- A vibrant late season all golden yellow jonquil hybrid that
lasts and lasts in the field and as a cut. The winner of the
first Wister award for excellence as a garden daffodil. The plant
is tall and sturdy, with typical rich green foliage of a jonquil.
Each rounded stem produces 1-3 scented blooms. The color code
indicates an orange cup, but I've never seen this happen in our
climate. It should naturalize well. As with all jonquils, place
them where they receive the hot summer sun. From Grant Mitsch of
the U.S.A., 1968. 7Y-O. $ 3 each |
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| Sun Disc
- Sun Disc flowers later than the
somewhat similar Sundial and comes with just one bloom per stem. It is perfectly
round and a bright light yellow. The circular disc cup starts out a deeper
yellow color. An easy miniature. From Alec Gray of England, 1946. 7Y-Y $ 3 each |
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Other All Yellow Available:
Midas Touch - Still useful golden yellow trumpet for show, garden, and breeding Mid Season 1Y-Y $ 5 each
Mite - Great garden miniature cyclamineus hybrid Early Season 6Y-Y $ 6 each
Small Talk - A favorite miniature yellow trumpet. Not just
another named look-a-like of N. minor.
Early Season 1Y-Y $ 4 each
Tanagra - One of the first miniature yellow trumpets to bloom each year. Extra Early 1Y-Y $ 6 each
Wee Bee – Another miniature yellow trumpet for the rockery; RHS original stock Early 1Y-Y $ 4 each