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Heirloom Daffodil 'Trevithian' - 1 bulb
Scientific:
Narcissus 'Trevithian'
Bulbs/Pack:
1 Bulb
Planting Time:
Spring - Fall
Shipping Period:
Spring - Fall
Bloom Period:
March
Bloom Size:
About an inch long
Zones:
6-8
Color:
Yellow
Soil:
Any; amend clay
Fragrance:
Sweet
Light:
6+ hours of Winter Sun
Height:
12-16"
Wildlife:
Resistant
$1.00
This bulb looks very similar to the heirloom 'Campernelle,' but it isn't! We are cleaning up areas to prepare to plant other bulbs, and we dug part of a crate of this one. We don't have many, but we wanted you to be able to order as many or as few as you like. A good thing to do is combine these with other bulb orders to have a little something different in your garden. Like the Campernelle, this Narcissus has a great sweet scent. This lovely Jonquil hybrid has been around since 1927. You will be so glad to add this elegant flower to your garden.
Scott Ogden in his book Garden Bulbs for the South says "It's surpassingly rare to discover a show-quality bloom with the garden vigor of 'Trevithian'. Around the Gulf, local wisdom often portrays hybrid daffodils as mere annuals for winter bedding, but with 'Trevithian' Southern gardeners have a perennial in the truest sense. These narcissi fill the role of refined, modern campernelles. Their clumps increase steadily, and a small investment in these bulbs will multiply tenfold in three or four years."
You might be wondering why these aren’t more commonly seen today. They've largely been replaced by newer, later-blooming jonquil varieties.
The Bloom: Like our other heirloom blooms, this one is a little larger than a 1/2 dollar. The blooms are in clusters of two or three together. The petals overlap creating a soft, layered effect. The short cup provides depth to the flower. The bloom has a lovely sweet scent like the campernelle.
Size: This blooms about the same time as the Campernelle. It is about 12-16 inches tall.
Easy to Grow: This bulb wasn't planted or tended to so you know that it will not require any special attention. It will spread easily as it naturalizes an area. As long as you plant them where they will receive 6+ hours of sunlight during the winter months, you can honestly simply plant the bulbs and forget about them. Plant the bulbs 2-3x the depth of the bulb. In other words, if the bulb is 1 inch tall, plant it 2-3 inches deep.
**Below is a picture of the Heirloom Campernelle so that you can compare them.**
What does “in the green” mean?
In the summer and fall, we ship dry bulbs that many consumers are familiar with. However, in the spring we ship some flower bulbs with their foliage still on them, having dug them right after their bloom. When the customer receives them, the foliage is in the process of drying down naturally. Plant the bulbs, with foliage and all in the ground and let the foliage turn brown and die back naturally. Another option is to not plant the flower bulbs and store the bulbs with the foliage in a cool, dark, and well ventilated spot, and most importantly let the foliage die down naturally. In other words, DON'T cut the foliage of bulbs when you receive them in the green. The browning and dying back of the foliage is the natural process of the bulb sending food and energy from the leaves down into the bulbs for their summer dormancy.
I thought daffodil bulbs are normally shipped in the fall? We grow many of our own daffodils here on our farm, and while it is unconventional in the United States, it is common to have bulbs shipped in the green in other parts of the world. We grow many of our own heirloom daffodils that we originally collected from old gardens on former homesites. Shipping these in the green allows us to:
1) Ship them during the bloom season when most gardeners are thinking of and remembering to plant daffodils
2) Ensures correct identification of the flower bulb. These are heirlooms and buying and receiving the right genetic selections is important to having varieties that are perennials and will naturalize in your garden
3) Allows us to offer more bulbs are lower prices to customers
Remember that bulbs shipped in the green are coming to an end of their growth cycle. You can expect:
1) The foliage to yellow and die down naturally
2) The bulb to be dormant in the summer and early fall
3) Roots to start growing in mid fall
4) Foliage appears next January
5) Bulbs to bloom next February and March
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This bulb looks very similar to the heirloom 'Campernelle,' but it isn't! We are cleaning up areas to prepare to plant other bulbs, and we dug part of a crate of this one. We don't have many, but we wanted you to be able to order as many or as few as you like. A good thing to do is combine these with other bulb orders to have a little something different in your garden. Like the Campernelle, this Narcissus has a great sweet scent. This lovely Jonquil hybrid has been around since 1927. You will be so glad to add this elegant flower to your garden.
Scott Ogden in his book Garden Bulbs for the South says "It's surpassingly rare to discover a show-quality bloom with the garden vigor of 'Trevithian'. Around the Gulf, local wisdom often portrays hybrid daffodils as mere annuals for winter bedding, but with 'Trevithian' Southern gardeners have a perennial in the truest sense. These narcissi fill the role of refined, modern campernelles. Their clumps increase steadily, and a small investment in these bulbs will multiply tenfold in three or four years."
You might be wondering why these aren’t more commonly seen today. They've largely been replaced by newer, later-blooming jonquil varieties.
The Bloom: Like our other heirloom blooms, this one is a little larger than a 1/2 dollar. The blooms are in clusters of two or three together. The petals overlap creating a soft, layered effect. The short cup provides depth to the flower. The bloom has a lovely sweet scent like the campernelle.
Size: This blooms about the same time as the Campernelle. It is about 12-16 inches tall.
Easy to Grow: This bulb wasn't planted or tended to so you know that it will not require any special attention. It will spread easily as it naturalizes an area. As long as you plant them where they will receive 6+ hours of sunlight during the winter months, you can honestly simply plant the bulbs and forget about them. Plant the bulbs 2-3x the depth of the bulb. In other words, if the bulb is 1 inch tall, plant it 2-3 inches deep.
**Below is a picture of the Heirloom Campernelle so that you can compare them.**
What does “in the green” mean?
In the summer and fall, we ship dry bulbs that many consumers are familiar with. However, in the spring we ship some flower bulbs with their foliage still on them, having dug them right after their bloom. When the customer receives them, the foliage is in the process of drying down naturally. Plant the bulbs, with foliage and all in the ground and let the foliage turn brown and die back naturally. Another option is to not plant the flower bulbs and store the bulbs with the foliage in a cool, dark, and well ventilated spot, and most importantly let the foliage die down naturally. In other words, DON'T cut the foliage of bulbs when you receive them in the green. The browning and dying back of the foliage is the natural process of the bulb sending food and energy from the leaves down into the bulbs for their summer dormancy.
I thought daffodil bulbs are normally shipped in the fall? We grow many of our own daffodils here on our farm, and while it is unconventional in the United States, it is common to have bulbs shipped in the green in other parts of the world. We grow many of our own heirloom daffodils that we originally collected from old gardens on former homesites. Shipping these in the green allows us to:
1) Ship them during the bloom season when most gardeners are thinking of and remembering to plant daffodils
2) Ensures correct identification of the flower bulb. These are heirlooms and buying and receiving the right genetic selections is important to having varieties that are perennials and will naturalize in your garden
3) Allows us to offer more bulbs are lower prices to customers
Remember that bulbs shipped in the green are coming to an end of their growth cycle. You can expect:
1) The foliage to yellow and die down naturally
2) The bulb to be dormant in the summer and early fall
3) Roots to start growing in mid fall
4) Foliage appears next January
5) Bulbs to bloom next February and March
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