GPOD on the road: Butchart Gardens daffodils

Cherry Ong is sharing extra spring bloom pictures on Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. As we speak she is specializing in all the beautiful daffodils (Narcissus hybrids, Zones 3–9) that caught your eye. It is a good time to look them over and take into consideration what varieties you may need to order to plant this fall.

Double flower daffodils remodel the basic flower form on its head by including further layers of petals. Right here, the petaled flowers are complemented by blue forget-me-nots (Myosotis wildZones 3–8) planted beneath and the rising variegated foliage of a tulip.

These daffodils are all a chic refinement, with the softest coloration and small flowers. If huge, fiery, shiny yellow daffodils aren’t your factor, there are many extra understated choices to select from. Planting them in containers like it is a nice solution to showcase particular varieties.

Just a few white daffodils bloom in a naturalistic setting in opposition to lovely tree trunks.

This can be a “break up cup” daffodil; as an alternative of the central petals forming the basic trumpet form, they open up and lie flat, creating a wholly totally different search for the flower. The colours listed here are additionally lovely.

Here is one other break up daffodil, this one all yellow and with petals so extravagantly ruffled they seem like they belong on some over-the-top costume.

White daffodils, orange tulips and blue forget-me-nots rising collectively make a stupendous show.

This can be a nice solution to showcase the bulbs when they’re in bloom. Trying intently, you’ll be able to see that the bulbs are rising in plastic pots that had been thrown into these ornamental pots. This implies they will simply be swapped out after the flowers have withered to get replaced by one other planting for the summer season. You might simply do the identical at residence – simply plant the plastic pots within the fall, go away them in an unheated shed or storage for the winter, transfer them into place after they bloom, then take them out of the best way once more when the flowers bloom. to fade.

That is what is known as a reverse bicolor daffodil. The flower’s trumpet is white or pale yellow, in distinction to the darker outer ring of the petals.

That is an uncommon double daffodil, with the additional petals simply filling within the central trumpet and a few particular person variations blended in. Each are lovely!

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