Monday, April 20, 2009

Fancy Pants Daffodils





For some reason I'm a little embarrassed to admit that my favorite daffodils are these overblown frilled or double daffodils; Iowans don't normally approve of such highfalutin' ways.


// posted by IBOY @ 4:29 PM
Comments:
Being a fellow Iowan, I admit I don't like them much either. They remind me of the awful ruffles on Prom tuxes from the 70s! Mine was lime green!
# posted by Anonymous Jon : April 20, 2009
 
For shame! You sure don't see those in my neck of the woods either! :P
# posted by Blogger Nickie : April 20, 2009
 
Hey!! I'm with you... I have a couple of those and I think they're Great!! So, there! ;-)
# posted by Blogger Shady Gardener : April 20, 2009
 
Don,
You'll never find those in our garden, though some did exist a long time ago before they reverted to a really ugly Narcissus variant. Then we decided they weren't worth the effort if they didn't stay true over the years, so it's just the basic naturalizers for us now!
# posted by Blogger Iowa Victory Gardener : April 20, 2009
 
For shame. Off to Illinois with you and your fancy daffodils!

(P.S. I will be e-mailing you just as soon as I get a chance. Everything is busy.)
# posted by Blogger mr_subjunctive : April 21, 2009
 
So what are the names? I particularly like the last one. I don't see why frilly should be embarrassing. We don't mind frilly in other plants such as daylilies.
# posted by Blogger philip Mears : April 21, 2009
 
Jon... mine was white (with a red carnation and white buck shoes).

Nickie... well, I said it's a dirty little secret. :o0 !

Shady... we're pretty flashy ??

M.S. ... anything but Illinois!

Philip... the first is Replete, and after that I dunno. As they've multiplied I just replant them here and there.

Don
# posted by Blogger IBOY : April 23, 2009
 
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