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First bunch of daffs

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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The first bunch is always the best!

Sunshine in the depths of winter and an inspiration for the future.

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    They are my favourite flowers. You have summed-up their beauty B3. I will always love them because they remind me of my Mum but they also signal the moving on of the seasons and the promise of more floral treasures to come. 

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    Aw, you've got daffs already B3? Do you know what kind they are?

    Love a happy daffodil?

    Wearside, England.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I think the milder winter has prompted some of the early, small ones into bloom sooner than usual. Lovely to have some cheery little faces  image

    Are they Tete a Tete, or Jetfire  or one of the similar varieties B3? 

    Last edited: 22 January 2017 07:36:18

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    No idea. Bought a couple of bunches in M&S. Nice delicate ones - not the king Alfred type.

    Mine are just shoots a couple of inches out of the ground

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Mark56Mark56 Posts: 1,653

    Ahh thought you meant out doors was going to say! Earliest i've seen them down south is mid feb

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    If only!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TigrahTigrah Posts: 125

    I thought you meant your outside bulbs had flowered, too! I planted a small terracotta put I had with a bunch of yellow, spring-flowering bulbs and I assume it's the daffodils that gave been staying to shoot up for a few weeks - just waiting for spring!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Aah - I thought you meant growing too! image

    Most of the early cut flowers are imported all grown undercover of course. British growers will have earlier ones this year too I reckon. The little narcissus are always earlier anyway. image

    Last edited: 22 January 2017 10:26:58

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,146
    Fairygirl says:

    Aah - I thought you meant growing too! image

    See original post

     So did I ... glad to know my Tete a Tete's (just an inch or so tall so far) aren't lagging behind image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I have some Minnow in pots, but they're not very tall yet either Dove. image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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