Walter Blom

A new introduction, Arctic Bells is a bulbocodium from Walter Blom. It is classified as a Yellow-Yellow, but it is more of a white flower, in the way that White petticoat is white. We were surprised to see the seed parent is the perfect bloomer : Border Beauty, picture attached. Who would think of that ?

Here's a lively new bulbocodium introduction. Cup is lightly ribbed. 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.

Bell Fly is a recent posthumous introduction from Walter Blom, and what a high-spirited cyclamineus it is. Dare we say that it is broader, longer and more zippy than daffodil Iwona that we love so much ? Not pink, but orange cupped. An early dwarf, vigorous. We are unable to determine the origin of the name. Limited stock.

A fragrant and early little cyclamineus offspring of Gipsy Queen, Bunnie Bee is another miniature from the universe of tiny flowers by Walter Blom.

A very small, all golden yellow Bulbocodium from Walter Blom.

This bulbocodium has very long petals, soft color and a bit of the petunia shape in the cup that is sought after by breeders and benchers. Extended stamens and stigma. Not registered.

This remarkable and newly registered seedling from Mr Blom reliably throws two scapes: the primary flower is a very balanced and well formed split cup, the secondary bloom a large cup. Cup and Saucer is a unique dwarf with lovely fruit-sweet color. Sunproof. Show judges may need to be on the watch for this one.

A unique and beautiful bulbocodium from Walter Blom with an impossibly soft color. Delicate Design looks like a creature from the margins of a Hieronymus Bosch panel.

A floriferous and feral thing, Diamond Gold is a newer, open pollinated Jonquil from Walter Blom.

This vigorous Jonquil is a selection, by Walter Blom, of the species N.rupicola (section Apodanthi). Registered twenty years ago we can only assume it was a parent for many of the descendants of his breeding programs. As a selection we assume that this bulbs is fertile both ways. An ADS Miniature.

Some days we wonder what it would be to wander a garden made up exclusively of dwarf Walter Blom cultivars. The ivory trumpet Flower Child transports us to a baroque, enchanting world of child-like wonder and magic. We can think of so many ways to put the daff to work. Recent introduction, an ADS Intermediate.

A not so recent Blom jonquil, yellow striped with white. Small and late, from Baby Moon.

You won't get a good enough seat in the Dress Circle to see Golden Symphony: she is poised, petite, pendant and perfumed. Part jonquilla thus the fragrance. From the prince of pizzicato Walter Blom. We assume that you can put this on the bench as a miniature. Will sell with allegro con brio.

Here's a real oddity, but cute as can be. Mini Pearl is a triandrus, one bloom per scape, but in the form of a trumpet : it doesn't resemble a triandrus at all. With this gene pool who needs boundaries ? Loverely form and color. Easy grower for the pot rockery or anywhere else you want to decorate and celebrate.

A colorful silver and gold jonquil, Oma seems a little more compact and bright than Edged in Gold and New Baby, although I have yet to compare them side by side. Newer release: this daffodil is not registered.

The bulbocodium you will most likely find today in the commercial trade, Oxford Gold was widely adopted by large growers soon after its introduction,
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A robust grower with an upright habit and full on chrome yellow color. Perhaps Oxford gets its virility and fragrance from its species Jonquil pollen parent. Probably not a miniature, makes a large bloom and plant for a 10.

Highly reflexed and richly colored, but not sulfurous, Razzmatazz is yet another entrancing elfin bloom from the late Mr Walter Blom. Floriferous with the spirit of a triandrus combines with the foliage and uplift of a jonquils. Multiple layers of charm on a stick.

A tiny, greenish yellow triandrus that is so wasp-waisted it looks like one half of an English Christmas cracker. Gets its sweet fragrance from its daddy, the jonquil henriquesii. ADS Miniature from Walter Blom.

While most of Mr. Blom's seedlings are miniatures, ivory colored Snellebel pushes the envelope as a larger, not miniature, but still dwarf cyclamineus. Swooping in with a birdlike form, it is swift, reflexed and thrilling.

Generate some garden wattage with this powerful little trumpet that emulates a wind turbine. All white, fragrant, sunproof, windproof. A big planting will produce a lot of spring electricity. From Walter Blom.

A seductive and glamorous miniature cyclamineus seedling from Walter Blom.. Spring Petals looks like it arose from the moss lining a mountain stream. Just a handful to offer. Fragrant.

A sharp-elbowed miniature trumpet, Sugared Fruit is descended from Gipsy Queen. Crystalline form and confectioner's sugar-white blooms. Delectable. From Walter Blom.

Miniature Trumpets sometimes struggle with substance, no so with the lovely Trousdale from the late Mr. Blom. Just brushes up against the the size limit as to what can be called a miniature.