] Any Narcissus lovers here?
Nils Hasenbein via pbs (Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:52:40 PDT)

Dear Vlad, dear all,

thank you, Vlad, for your great video, and all others for your wonderful
additions! Narcissus are great both in pots and in the garden, and I
agree with Jim: It's sad to see how few people have any. I gave a bag of
100 bulbs of an unnamed commercial variety to friends, who immediately
worried about being able to mow their lawn. In our area, it seems
unbearable to restrain yourself from mowing until, say, late May, or to
make the effort to cut around the foliage after bloom.

As we are on heavy soil in the same climate as Vlad, the range of
species and varieties to grow in the garden is limited, and any more
tender varieties and all fall and winter bloomers have to be grown in
pots. I am just beginning to give the latter a go. In the lawn, I
largely rely on those large bags and wholesale dutch suppliers. The
prices for those are ridiculously low (if I remember correctly, those
100 mentioned above for 15 Euros; you can get them for even less here
when the bulb-selling season ends), it's more the work of getting them
planted which limits my efforts. I got a long-handled bulb planter last
autumn, whichs helps a lot. I am having a great time looking up all the
varieties you mentioned, if you (and especially Vlad) have
recommendations for varieties for heavy soil in my climate (zone 8a), I
would love to hear your suggestions.

Vlad, do you know any source for "Fairy Chimes"?

The unnamed narcissus in the lawn are on their way out. I wrote some
time ago that N. poeticus had vanished from our lawn, but as a wonderful
surprise this year: it is still there. I am under the impresssion that
many bulbs I planted several years ago and which flowered in the first
and second growing season and then vanished for several years are slowly
increasing. Sometimes, it just takes some patience.

All the best from Bielefeld (where nights are tiptoeing around 0°C and
sunny days have been promised. Tulips are starting and fruit trees are
flowering, and a cup of tea and ten minutes in the sun feel like a
holiday while public life is shutting down yet again ...)

Nils

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