In a message dated 8/12/04 10:12:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, floralartistry2000@yahoo.com writes: > 400 N. 'Marieke' (it was either this or 'Sweetness' > and I went with the larger plant, any thoughts on > this?) I suppose it all depends on what you want from the investment. If for display impact, I'd go for the 'Sweetness.' Smaller flowers, yes, but more of them. And as long as you're growing daffodils, you might as well include fragrance as a criterion. 'Sweetness' (as the name infers) has the lilting jonquil fragrance and is often grown for that trait alone. I realize that smell/fragrance/odor/etc. is a personal thing but I find the large trumpet daffodils (1 Y-Y) to have a rather sharp, acrid and (to my nose) unpleasant odor/fragrance. Too, 'Sweetness,' as a jonquil, is far more likely to survive and multiply over the years than is the 1 Y-Y. These big trumpet daffodils tend to be a bit fussy and require conditions quite to their liking to be long lived and perform well from year to year. Dave Karnstedt Cascade Daffodils Silverton, Oregon USA email: davekarn@aol.com