Recent Introductions

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Abbey Road

Amore Mio. Lovely and lush pink cupped Jonquilla. Floriferous. Recent van der Veek Introduction.

Blom 111-16 Delicate Design

Here's a lively new bulbocodium introduction. She is not registered as such, but for the time being we are listing it as Ballroom Belle. It was acquired as Blom Hoop 2 - 146.

Breath Of Spring

Burt House is another narcissus progeny of Brian Duncan legerdemain - 4 inch neutral-white overlapping and rounded petals with an intense pink funnel-shaped cup. A showstopper. Rare.

Camilla Clara Kate - Four inch white flowers with a tri-colored cup. A Brian Duncan cultivar of substance, sporting a deep red rim. She is bred to compete.

Capella Gold Blom

Collette is a swell selection of a pure white triandrus. Collette is elegant in the garden and tolerates shade better than most. A van der Veek selection.

Cutting Edge

New Introduction

New Introduction

A flamboyant, substantial, and free spirited double, Bella Ciao is a recent van der Veek introduction. Large blooms, a good grower, currently rare and limited but she has higher aspirations.

We are partial to the Yves Montand version (yes Yves was Italian "Ivo" ) of the song "Bella Ciao", which has evolved from a field workers' song to an anti-fascist anthem.

And every hour that we pass here
oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
and every hour that we pass here
we lose our youth.

But the day will come when we all
oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao
but the day will come when we all
will work in freedom.

F 705

was F 724

Rebel Rebel your face is frilly and lobed. I love you so. A recent Cyclamineus introduction from the land of van der Veek.

The condor is the largest land bird of the species, but darkly colored and ugly. El Condor is perhaps the largest cyclamineus cultivar, but bright and lovely and aerodynamic as the bird. A recent van der Veek introduction.

A tiny all-white trumpet from Brian Duncan, Gipsy Vale is a cross ofObvallaris and Gipsy Queen. Coy, pugnacious and perfectly formed Gipsy Vale is a very good variety for competition.

Daffodil love is a playful affair. Jeu d'Amour's lobed cup transitions from pale yellow to a deep crustacean pink. Broad, white, mucronate perianth of great substance. Breathtaking in the bed and vase. A recent van der Veek introduction. Jeu d'Amour is sure to to be a star-crossed player in co

All white La Delicatesse is a well-named large cup. Refined and elegant the frilled trumpet makes you look twice, and then again. A nice balance of detail and form, linen-white color. Four inch flowers bloom out of the leaves. A recent van der Veek introduction.

Little Surprise is recent small, yellow cyclamineus from Brian Duncan. Species cyclamineus x species poeticus. Even colored, reflexed with a little, wrinkled, pug-nosed cup.

Mary Poppins is a platinum blonde with pale silver-yellow blooms that are tough and long lasting as a strict governess. Strong grower that can increase rapidly. Mary seems to tolerate Zone 6 but is probably happier in Zones 7 and 8. Dwarf and miniature. Recent introduction with a crowd-sourced name.

My Belle Selectie

A floriferous daffodil small in size, soft in color, richly baroque in form; you get a lot for your money in Peseta. A newer and unusual tazetta sired by N.dubius.

Pompiere

A feisty little thing, Road Runner is named not for the flower but for the way it increases . Has a whole reverse bi-color thing going on along with vigor, detail and substance. Very popular.Beep Beep.

Trumpets get a lot of respect for gravitas, consistency and refinement. Smiley however is so goofy I want to enter him in a show where he is sure to loose by a wide margin while radiating his sunny disposition. Great color, great vigor, happy and expressive. Different strokes for different folks.