Most people know that daffodil bulbs will "naturalize," meaning that they will multiply in the ground, each bulb adding one or two more each year. But there is another way to increase your bulbs--a process called scaling in which you slice the bulb into sections that will then form bulblets. Bulbs produced through scaling will take two or three years to flower, but you can potentially produce more bulbs through scaling than through naturalizing.

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Posted by Claire Splan Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs, daffodils, propagation on 2008-05-01, 06:13:12

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Its Sunny out and I am going back to Harlow Carr today.
The photo is of a narcissus, one of the ghostly gardeners bulbs.
I love the sunlight on the flower petals.I was trying to capture the sweet glow of the flower.
When the sun shines these Daffodils and Narcissus light up the Spring garden..

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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-04-15, 18:02:01

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When we first bought our house this forsythia bush was so large that you had to push your way past it. It was so large and out of control it was created an obstacle. Our roommate in a fit of rage severely pruned it back. Despite being blown to bits it has grown back every year and has continued to grow larger and larger needing frequent pruning. In a few weeks these yellow flowers will be replaced by bright green leaves.

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The Dwarf Daffodil Minnow in bloom in the windowbox, with the sky reflecting off the kitchen windowsill. Its like a painted backdrop from a really old movie!
I love the delicate petals and central yellow cup. I was doing some research today into Florigraphy and the traditional meaning of Daffodils was "You bring me sunshine". . . .

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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-04-11, 06:32:41

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As of tomorrow, I am going to be half-way to ninety!

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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-04-10, 06:24:01

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It reached 60 degrees here for the first time since October 30th! The first daffodil bloomed today, although they see a bit stunted in height this year. The stores got their first shipments of pansies in as well. I had to pot up some pansies right away:) I also talked my husband into expanding our veggie garden. It was so small before it would always get overgrown. I cheated and bought some spinach plants from Home Depot. I usually grow them from seed, but it is so nice to see something green coming up in the garden.

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Posted by Lisa Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, pansy, weather on 2008-04-08, 07:15:29

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My First Daffodil

Well I have been waiting a couple of months for this one. Finally, yesterday, one of the Daffodils at work bloomed. Later in the day I found a couple of more blooming but this is the first one that I saw. It is a Dwarf Daffodil, only about 3-4 inches tall. I had to lie down on the adjacent granite walk to get this picture. There are several hundred Dwarf Daffodils in the garden, probably about 25 different cultivars. I love them all and think their smaller stature makes them interesting. I plan on doing a lot of Daffodil and Narcissus photography this spring and this was just a teaser. I got the picture below from a group of King Alfred Daffs that are just starting to bloom. . . .

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Cortelyou Daffodil This evening I came home via the Cortelyou Road stop on the Q train. I wanted to stop by John's Bakery to pick up some munchies. I had to cross the street: the Daffodils are just starting to bloom. They've started on the north...

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In walking through the garden today, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that several of the bulb-borne flowers have bloomed.  The crocus are to be expected around this time of year, but the daffy daffodils are in full bloom and the first of the hyacinths has also bloomed!  It's a sure sign that Spring has arrived.  The lawn is going to need a good reseeding as there are quite a few bare patches after the winter.  I'll probably need to dig a bit and put down topsoil first as the good old Jersey red clay is showing through.  A few weeks ago, we had a nice warm day and I was able to clean-up and prune the roses before they broke bud.  They've since broken bud as expected (given our generally mild and rainy winter) and the tiny leaves are already emerging.  Hopefully, we will once again have a bumper crop of roses this year!  Meanwhile, here's one of the first flowers of the year to whet your appetite! 

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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-03-16, 23:58:50

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I'd forgotten that I've been adding a few varieties of daffodils over the last three years. The little tete-a-tete daffs have already bloomed out, but most of the rest are in bloom now and there are enough to enjoy outside as well as enough to cut for inside. Still to bloom are the pink daffs I planted last year. I can't wait to see how they turn out!

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Posted by Claire Splan Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-03-07, 06:18:44

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The Daffodils I bought from Harlow Carr flowering in the Boots chemist jug. These are large trumpeted and smell quite sweet.Its Mothers Day here today.
The winds have been blowing hard all night damaging tree's and fences. My garden fence is damaged again at the back. The plants just go with the air flow then spring back up.

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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-03-03, 00:36:17

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~ Daffodil

(March Flower of the Month)

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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, recipes on 2008-03-03, 00:32:25

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Pheasant’s Eye Narcissus

I am posting this as a sign of hope for this spring. It was taken April 24th, 2004 with my 4MP Nikon 4300. This is one of my favorite Daffodils and in the scope of the Estate’s Daffodil collection blooms fairly late. I am going to try and shoot a few more daffodil pictures this spring as I noticed I don't have that many in the library. Each spring there are about 10,000 Daffs at work. . . .

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I just posted a brand new video about Daffodil classes right here. This video explains the different flower forms and shows you pictures of each form. So if you ever wanted to know what kind of daffodil you were looking at, (so you could find it to plant yourself of course) here’s the starting point.

Post from: Copyright Doug Green's Garden Blog 2008

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California weather allows for the early blooming of bulbs. This little collection of blooms you can find in the bed at the front of the house. I happened to notice them just in time because some of the blooms are already spent.

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I saw the first daffodil of the year today -

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Posted by Phillip Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-02-12, 07:12:43

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I love wee daffodils in early spring... the trouble is, they've all lost their wee labels, so I can't tell you their names.
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picture taken last March

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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2008-02-04, 05:30:01

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Many hands make light work Today we planted the last of 1,000 Daffodils and 400 Crocus along Cortelyou Road. Over two weekends, we covered every block from the Q subway stop to Coney Island Avenue....

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Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, planting on 2007-11-13, 06:20:12

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Sunday morning there will be additional Daffodil planting along Beverly Road. I've been in correspondence with a neighbor, Natasha, from Beverly Square East. She wrote me earlier today: This is just...

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Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, planting on 2007-11-11, 00:34:18

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Parallel Pit Planting We had a great turnout this weekend for planting Daffodils along Cortelyou Road. I couldn't make it yesterday; I heard we had 7 or 8 people. Today we had 13, half of them...

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Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, planting on 2007-11-06, 00:29:15

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I can't imagine Spring without Daffodils, can you? This winter I'll go over the pictures from Spring 07 (maybe finally organize them) and anticipate the pictures to come. Because...there will be new Daffodils to enjoy!

Here's what I've acquired so far (maybe a couple more? We'll see...):

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See 1,000 Daffodils for Cortelyou Road for details. We're also looking for volunteers to plant along Beverly Road between East 16th and East 19th Streets. Leave a comment or send me an email if...

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Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs, daffodils, planting on 2007-11-03, 06:07:51

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We had plenty of garlic left over from this summer's crop, so I didn't have to buy any new seed garlic this year. I selected three of our largest bulbs and planted the individual cloves about four inches deep in the cool earth of our newly made garden bed. It was enough for three short rows, all lined up next to our still-ailing grapevine. . . .

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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils, garlic, planting on 2007-10-18, 06:49:47

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Daffodils are among the most reliable bloomers in the spring bulb garden. They're protected from squirels, deer and other animals because they contain a bitter-tasting chemical that repels them. And unlike most tulips, daffodils are perennial, returning for many, many years of color. . . .

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Posted by Jessica Damiano Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-10-13, 06:14:48

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Woo-hoo! My daffodil bulbs arrived the other day. I think the UPS guy probably sprained his back bringing them up to the door. The box weighed 50 pounds! That’s a LOT of daffodil bulbs (200, to be exact). Which means, I’d better get planting, because this is going to take awhile. . . .

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Posted by Robyn Dochterman Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-09-22, 06:34:22

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Appearing this week...one of my favorite garden blooms...peruvian daffodil! I don't remember where I got these but I just love them! They are so elegant and take no work at all, dying back each fall and coming back without fail each spring.
Another exciting appearance this week...corn silk peaking out on the corn stalks!

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-07-12, 06:19:25

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I keep finding new kinds of daffodils in my backyard. The one with two shades of yellow is really nice.

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-05-10, 17:19:06

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There's very little to show in the garden just yet. I've got one daffodil which I suspect a squirrel planted since I don't plant them myself. . . .

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I planted a half of a bag of daffodils this year (I shared them with my parents). About 50 bulbs of "The Works" from White Flower Farm. It's a lot easier for me to buy a mix of bulbs than to pick my favorite daffodil. Here's what's blooming this week. (I'm surprised to have no King Alfred daffodils. Maybe I gave my parents all of the big bulbs.)

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-05-06, 22:22:06

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Jetfire
I believe that Jetfire is the Narcissus that attracts the most attention in my garden. It is shorter and earlier than King Alfred. While many other Narcissus nod downwards, even though this one does, its recurved petals mean that it shows up really well.

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Posted by Miss Canthus Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-05-01, 01:02:43

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Our gardens are filled with daffodils nodding their bright heads in the breeze, although today and yesterday they were drooping a little at times in the cool April showers. We had some dry periods too, so that I was able to get outside with my camera and have a little fun.

These are King Alfred daffodils. . . .

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Posted by Kerri Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-04-30, 16:51:28

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Awhile back, I mentioned how I was disappointed in the 'Replete' daffodil I'd gotten a couple of years ago. I didn't like it last year, and I don't like it this year. It is supposed to be pink in the center and it's pale peachy orange. It would never occur to me to call it pink. Check out the picture, description, and most importantly the disclaimer here.

It's a double that might be called ruffly, but I call it messy. It's like it's having a bad hair day every day of its life. The picture posted here is mine and it's an extremely flattering one. It certainly doesn't look like the pictures you'll find on sellers' websites. (That subject is a rant best saved for another day.). . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-04-29, 17:00:52

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Narcissus 'Barrett Browning'
(nar-SIS-us)

This is a nice classic type of Daffodil. The Daffodils seem fine after that crazy winter we had, it seems to be one of their finer years. The tips of the foliage got singed by the cold but on most types this really doesn’t take away from the flowers. ‘Barrett Browning’ is just one of the hundreds of types of Daffs blooming right now at work. It classified as division 3, which are small-cupped daffodils of garden origin. See more about the classifications of Daffodils on this previous post . . . .

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Posted by Digital Flower Pictures Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-04-29, 00:36:40

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Where's the yellow?

Are my daffodils taking the year off? Was it the crazy weather this winter with 70 degree days in January and then several harsh ice storms in February? Or do my bulbs just need to be dug up and divided?

I guess I'll dig up a few and see what's going on down there. It's hard to believe that out of the 400 bulbs that I planted 3 years ago, that not one flowered. The crocus came up a little late but they were fine.

Or maybe this is my yard's way of telling me that I need more bulbs.

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This daffodil is really nice "in person." It does look slightly pinker in person than in the photo. Whatever color, it is a beauty and one of the favorites of visitors to our home, Dandelion Farm.

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Posted by RivahGal Reblogged by Old Roses to daffodils on 2007-04-24, 17:04:39

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