In A Vase On Monday – First Daffodils
Every Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden encourages us to share a vase with materials gathered from our gardens.
Late in the day I plucked a handful of flowers, a joyful signaling of the awakening garden.
In A Vase On Monday – First Daffodils
Daffodils began opening last Thursday followed by a few more each day. First were Narcissus ‘King Alfred,’ tall trumpets and quite fragrant.
Narcissus ‘King Alfred’
Suddenly today a little patch of N. ‘Tete-a-Tete’ were in full bloom along with a medium size one whose name I’ve lost.
Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’
In A Vase On Monday – First Daffodils (no name)
Materials
Flowers
Narcissus ‘King Alfred’
Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’ (Tete-a-Tete Daffodil)
Foliage
None
Container
Glazed ceramic and small glass cylinder vases
Hope you all have a great week. Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting each week.
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King Alfred was the classic! Is it still available? I have not seen them for sale for many years. Another cultivar has replaced them.
These were sold as King Alfred about 22 years ago, but I can’t be sure they’re authentic. Now I’ve seen ‘Improved King Alfred’ for sale, but haven’t looked into that whole story in a while.
King Alfred might have been available at the turn of the century, at least here. I can not remember. I remember it was the most common type in the early 1990s, but I do not remember when it was phased out. I also did not investigate ‘Improved King Alfred’, and I can not remember the name of the cultivar that is most popular now. I just was not interested. we added some to our naturalized daffodils just a few years ago, and I can not distinguish any difference. Of course, I am not exactly looking for differences.
This is so lovely, Susie. It cheers me up no end!
I’m so glad Eliza! There’s something reassuring about seeing nature’s cycle moving toward spring.
Love your daffodils – thanks for brightening my day.
I’m glad they brought you cheer! Thanks for commenting.
Very beautiful and welcome.
Thanks Judy. We’ve had a few warm days bookending a cold and rainy Super Bowl Sunday. The daffodils and I are happy.
You must have so many. It looks like spring has come to your part of the country. We have two more nights down to the 30s.
You must be tired of the cold. We’re down in the 30s at night but it almost reached 70 today. Then it’s going to be 50s a few days. I want spring to stay but winter may have a surprise yet.
Oh I do love daffodil time….mine will wait for a couple of months. But what a treat to see yours my friend!
Donna, nice to hear from you. Daffodils bring out smiles.
This just makes me so happy! The lighting and composition perfect!! Thanks, Jane
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Jane, I’m so glad you like the flowers today. It was all a bit of luck, just catching the light at the end of the day, but I liked the effect.
They’re beautiful, Susie. I love that you echoed the larger blooms with the smaller variety. Thinking of you and hoping things are well this Valentine’s Day.
Thanks Kris. The daffodils have made me happy this week. We’re still having a bit of drama once in a while, but things seem to finally settling down again. Thanks for your kind thoughts. Happy Valentine’s Day.
Lovely, Susie. The photo captures the late winter light wonderfully and you made me miss Daffodils! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Amy, hope the daffodils make you happy. I assume you used to grow them in Atlanta. HVD!
The daffodils did make me happy. I had February Gold and some mixed bigger ones.
Beautiful! You are probably both glad of such cheerful flowers after such a turbulent winter with health issues. I love the way the one on the right is leaning out at an angle, just as they tend to do in the garden. 😃
Cathy, you’re right the flowers are medicine for my soul right now. Thanks for your sweet thoughts. There was indeed a daffodil leaning out in the garden when I picked these. I picked them and then just brought them in house and directly into the vase without arranging. The “leaner” could be the same rebel from the garden. Hope all is well with you.
What a wonderful surprise to see these, Susie – so bright and cheery with additional impact from the little vase of Tete a Tete. Mine are some way off still
They caught me by surprise but actually are about the same time as last year. It’s been warm, almost set a record yesterday in parts of the state. We were about 73F.
Gosh, what would a typical temperature be for mid February? Imust check when our narcissi tyoically begin flowering – the crocus were definitely 2 or even 3 weeks earlier