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Daffodils for Sale

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Glowing Phoenix: Y-O Double, very early, registered before 1930 Example: White petals, split cup or corona,  Each year Jason Delaney posts his list of daffodil bulbs for sale and each year I order more. Surely the 8,000 we have now can't be enough. I look for a) height, b) bloom time and c) color. a) Height because you probably don't want to plant the 26-inch tall ones in the same places as the 8-inch ones. Dwarf ones close to the house and tall ones farther out is how we do it but you are the artist in your own garden so do whatever makes you happy to be outside. b) I select some early, mid-season and late so we have flowers for 6 weeks or more. c) Color because having some W-W (all white) some Y-Y (all yellow) plus the other wonderful combinations makes walking through the garden in the spring an "Ohmygosh! Look at that one." experience. Here's the link to this year's list - http://www.phsdaffodils.com  His online ordering system doesn...