fall crocus, Eranthis, et al.
DaveKarn@aol.com (Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:55:21 PDT)

In a message dated 8/12/04 10:12:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
floralartistry2000@yahoo.com writes:

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