Daffodils

Up close to the house, there are three daffodils in bloom this morning. They appear to be the trumpet Narcissus Mount Hood which is one of the earliest to bloom in our garden. These daffodils are fragrant and when you go into the garden early in the morning, it is quite noticable.

Late last year, I had dug up an area of the garden that had several large clumps of Thalias in it and I thought I had replanted and given away all of the ones that I had dug up but I see that there are a few bulbs lying on top of the soil. What blows me away is that these bulbs are actually growing. They have all put out some greenery and a couple of them have put roots into the soil.

When we first planted the Thalia we planted a couple of dozen around the yard but these little narcissi are so prolific that we have large clumps now with at least 50 bulbs in each clump and have given hundreds away over the years.

Soil conditions in our yard must be perfect for the narcissi as the clumps have grown quite large and been divided many times over the years. There was only one year when the Spring was particularly wet and we lost some, primarily the white varieties, but since then they have multiplied quite prolificly.

In addition to the two varieties already mentioned we have, King Alfred, Stainless, Ice Follies, Tete a tete, and a few others. Mixed in with the tulips, they really brighten up the yard in Spring.