Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, April 21, 2007
A Tale of Two Narcissus
Throw away your horticultural rulebooks! I did and look what happened.
These are my first cultivated flowers at the country house and I did just about everything "wrong" when I moved them from their suburban location. I dug them up just after they bloomed and before the leaves had withered. I spread them out in the shade and left them for, oh, 6 or 8 weeks. They still seemed OK, so I gathered them up and put them on a tray in the garage. They stayed there all summer....and fall...and winter...and early spring. Then I noticed they were starting to sprout, so I brought them to the country to see if they'd put down roots. Looks like they're gonna be just fine.
Meanwhile, we were working on clearing greenbriar and dead wood at the country house, and my spouse said "There's something here I want you to see - it looks like daffodils." Well, I can't tell you how proud I was of him. They were daffodils - just the foliage - and I had no idea that he could recognize them that way. I didn't see any flower buds, and thought they might not bloom, but by last Tuesday they looked like this.
I can't wait to see what the flowers look like, but I wonder how they got here. Are we living on the remnants of someone's long ago garden? A nice romantic notion. Someday when I have too much time on my hands, I'd like to research the property's history. Until then, I'll just continue to discover what's growing there.
2 Comments:
Isn't that great! Good for your Dh to recognize the foliage! I was told on a recent tour that if you see daffodils in a line (who knows if this is really true...), that's where an old homestead was...so, do they line up??! Do post a picture when they open!!
No, these aren't in a line - just a few clumps scattered through the edge of the woods. They're in bloom now; pictures later today (at least that's the plan).
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