Hello Nils, Yes I do actually. Do you know of Flying Colors Daffodils? Michiel has a great variety, not sure if he is on PBS. Most division 1 should do well in heavy soils, especially the historics like Mount Hood and Dutch Master. Are you looking for a particular group, Nils? If you have certain preferences towards color or division, I could think of more options. For poeticus the key is to split it once at every 3-4 years. It clumps quite a bit and if you want good blooming performance, those bulbs beed to bulk up. Greetings from Berlin, where I went outside to talk to my Narcissus with a cup of tea. Vlad On Fri 23. Apr 2021 at 08:52 Nils Hasenbein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>