{"id":11009,"date":"2014-05-07T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11009"},"modified":"2014-05-06T02:43:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T09:43:05","slug":"daffodils-by-weight-and-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/daffodils-by-weight-and-variety\/","title":{"rendered":"Daffodils by Weight and Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quantity and quality can be found from bulk, bulb suppliers. Plan out your needs early and get an order placed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4437175869\/\" title=\"Daffodil Geranium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2732\/4437175869_8957beb0b6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Daffodil selection\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An update on my Daffodil purchases for flowering\u00c2\u00a0 next spring. Our local nursery has good connections with Holland and I guess that is where they source a large range of different varieties of bulbs. This range is then laid out in wicker baskets and sold by weight &#8211; \u00c2\u00a32.45 per kilo (well we are part of Europe and it probably illegal to sell in pounds and ounces!)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reasons for Buying Loose Bulbs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This weekend I bought 5 varieties from about 35 that I could have chosen from. This is a wider range than you see in pre-packs. <\/li>\n<li>I planned growing them for cut flowers and they are as cheap as a bunch of flowers you will buy in spring and the bulbs can be planted out to naturalise. A double win. <\/li>\n<li>You have the fun of choosing select varieties and growing your own.<\/li>\n<li>Picking bulbs from large baskets allows you to be selective about the bulbs you choose. No undersized, soft or rotting bulbs in my bags.<\/li>\n<li>Spoilt for choice I decided to buy varieties that were 14 inches or so tall. The 18&#8243; varieties will not do as well in our windy area and I needed some yard stick or I would have bought too many sorts.<\/li>\n<li>The bulbs were in good condition, had nor been over handled or left to dry out. I could burrow down the basket to find bulbs I wanted.<\/li>\n<li>I tried to get uniform bulbs. For many varieties I selected round bulbs with no offsets. Others I selected bulbs with 2 or 3 noses. Hopefully I will remember which and be able to assess the quality and quantity of flower so that next year I will buy on a more informed basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4437947430\/\" title=\"Daffodil Exhibition display \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4063\/4437947430_93e6761985.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Daffodil Exhibition display\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Varieties Purchased <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Strictly narcissus the <strong>Dutch Master<\/strong> is a traditional Daffodil with golden-yellow flowers in mid-spring. My largest purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obdam<\/strong> should be fragrant and a later-flowering double daffodil. Its blooms are an eye-catching cream yellow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Binkie<\/strong> is division 2 in Daffodil terms but not football. It will have bi-coloured petals of lemon and yellow with 1 or2 flowers per stem. They make excellent cut flowers I hope. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Verger <\/strong>is  a Division 3  Small-cupped Daffodils. White petals (perianth) with an orange yellow shallow cup (one third of petal length).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geranium<\/strong> has a pure white perianth, with a bright orange cup. It is one of the multi headed Narcissus tazettas and I am interested to see how they perform as they are said to be excellent for pots so here is hoping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the 14 divisions for Daffodils and details of the various parts of the flower from Perianth to Spathe read <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/daffodil-details-and-top-twelve-tips\/\">Gardeners Tips<\/a> This page also contains the Top 12 Daffodil Tips from the Daffodil Society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find a reason to grow more daffodils at reasonable cost. Our local nursery has good connections with Holland and I guess that is where they source a large range of different varieties of bulbs laid out in wicker baskets and sold by weight &#8211; \u00c2\u00a32.45 per kilo (well we are part of Europe and it probably illegal to sell in pounds and ounces!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}