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Best daffodil Tete a Tete

Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
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So pleased with these little wonders, many have double heads. They'd be perfect for window boxes. I must try and remember!

Just sharing....




Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I much prefer those short varieties, they stand up to wind much better. I have them all round the garden now as they multiply quite quickly.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Next year they will probably only have one flower on each stem.  Less tête-a-tête.

    My favourie is Topolino, same size, more Lenten Lily colour, but easier.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thalia for me😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Me too @B3 ... but Pheasants Eye comes a close second.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I love any creamy white ones - Thalia, Silver Chimes - just flowering now,  Bridal Crown, Cheerfulness etc. Lieke was a new one I got a few years ago - lovely. 
    Another one is N. odoratus alba plena. Gorgeous, but I moved them last year so they'll take a while to settle again. 
    I regularly lose some to wet ground, so I often try a few new ones. Good excuse  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Some good suggestions here.... thanks  :)
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    I love Tête à Tête, Jenny. Also Thalia (though the fragrance is too much when they'rebrought indoors; what is that scent? It is a bit "car air freshener" for me) and the pretty doubles like White Lion.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    WAMS said:
    I love Tête à Tête, Jenny. Also Thalia (though the fragrance is too much when they'rebrought indoors; what is that scent? It is a bit "car air freshener" for me) and the pretty doubles like White Lion.
    Had to go out and smell them. Their fragrance was quite slight to me. What I did notice, several flowers are growing from one bulb. To be precise, 5 with a single flower head and one with 3 heads. I've looked at all the other types of daffs and they've just got one flower per bulb. 






    I'm fascinated. 
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I've just found what I think is a white 'Niveth' (or maybe Thalia) which has one white flower and one bright yellow one on the same stalk. Very strange, presumably I need to nip off the yellow one quick.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Lizzie27 I think I would just enjoy it as a quirk of nature.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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