Showing posts with label Van Sion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van Sion. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

I've Always Wondered...


                                                       


These tousle-headed daffodils are the ones I see most often around old homesteads here. I have quite a few myself--descendants of some bulbs given me by a neighbor when we first moved here. I've always wondered what their name is but never found them in catalogues.                                                        




And now I know. They are Van Sion daffodils--at least 400 years old, and their extreme hardiness has contributed to their proliferation. And that proliferation probably explains why they're not in catalogues--everyone who grows daffs already has them or can get bulbs from a neighbor.

                                                     

More info about Van Sion HERE