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D A F F O D I L S<br />

narcissus/daFFodil-Jonquilla, cont. narcissus/daFFodil-tazetta<br />

Sweet Smiles – one<br />

of our very own seedlings<br />

and a favorite;<br />

sweetly fragrant, white<br />

and pink jonquilla, although<br />

the cup opens<br />

creamy and acquires<br />

color at maturity; 2-3<br />

flowers per stem; cups<br />

are trumpet in length;<br />

12”-16”; mid spring<br />

(12+cm).<br />

#01-0736 5/$5.35<br />

25/$23.25 50/$42<br />

22<br />

N. ‘Sweet Love’<br />

N. ‘Sweetness’<br />

�Sweet Love – one of<br />

our own seedlings (N.<br />

‘Sweet Charity’ x N.<br />

jonquilla); an incredibly,<br />

sweetly fragrant<br />

flower - better than<br />

most perfumes; very<br />

vigorous with multiple<br />

bloom stalks with multiple<br />

flowers; this one<br />

is very special; mid<br />

spring; 12”-16”.<br />

#01-0729 5/$4.40<br />

25/$19 50/$34.50<br />

N. ‘Sweet Smiles’<br />

� Sweetness –<br />

golden yellow flower<br />

with a superb fragrance;<br />

is a prolific<br />

grower and perennializer;<br />

often has secondary<br />

blooms**; a great<br />

forcer; Heirloom 1939;<br />

12”–14”; mid spring;<br />

(12/14cm).<br />

#01-0720 5/$3.05<br />

25/$13.25 50/$24<br />

**The term ‘secondary blooms’ refers to the ‘daughter<br />

bulbs’ that ‘mother daffodil bulbs’ generate by division.<br />

Some of those ‘daughter bulbs’ bloom after the mother<br />

bulb blooms, which helps that particular flower stay in<br />

bloom longer.<br />

DIVISION 8 – TAZETTA<br />

“usuaLLy three to twenty FLowers to a stout stem;<br />

LeaVes broad; perianth segments spreading, not reFLexed; FLowers<br />

Fragrant”. Excellent perennializers with a musky, sweet<br />

fragrance; good for Southern gardens, forcing and bedding;<br />

whz 5–9 unless otherwise noted.<br />

N. ‘Aspasia’<br />

�Aspasia – a pre-1908<br />

Heirloom that has withstood<br />

the test of time;<br />

marvelously fragrant;<br />

10”-14”; late spring;<br />

14/16 cm bulbs; 1908.<br />

#01-0808 5/$4.75<br />

25/$20.50 50/$37<br />

Join us on Thursday nights at 8pm for “Tete-a-Tete”,<br />

a live weekly Podcast with Brent and/or Becky Heath<br />

and host, Jay Hutchins. You may talk with us live via<br />

telephone or via computer and/or download the show<br />

to listen to at a later date. You can also check us out on<br />

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www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com.<br />

�<strong>BRENT</strong> <strong>AND</strong> BECKY’S FAVORITES �NEW FOR 2011<br />

N. ‘Avalanche’<br />

�Falconet – 3–5 dazzling<br />

bright gold and rich<br />

orange flowers with an<br />

alluring musky sweet<br />

perfume; a must for beds,<br />

borders and containers;<br />

American bred; 12”–14”;<br />

mid spring; (14+cm).<br />

#01-0806 5/$4.50<br />

25/$19.50 50/$35<br />

N. ‘Geranium’<br />

N. ‘Martinette’ - (1 stem)<br />

Silver Chimes - a beautiful<br />

flower with an amazing<br />

fragrance; opens with<br />

creamy yellow cups and<br />

matures to all white; an<br />

‘ole timer’; 14”-18”; mid<br />

spring.<br />

#01-0810 5/$5.70<br />

25/$24.75 50/$44.50<br />

� Avalanche – called<br />

‘Seventeen Sisters’ in the<br />

past because of its 15–20<br />

white petaled and demitasse-shaped<br />

cupped,<br />

sweetly fragrant flowers<br />

per stem; show flower<br />

and great in the garden<br />

with other bright colored<br />

bulbs and perennials;<br />

1700; whz 6–9; 16”–18”;<br />

early-mid spring; forces<br />

easily; (16/17cm).<br />

#01-0801 5/$7.25<br />

25/$31.50 50/$56.50<br />

N. ‘Falconet’<br />

Geranium – this nice<br />

creamy white and orange<br />

Heirloom perennial should<br />

be planted where you’ll<br />

notice and benefit from its<br />

wonderful fragrance; hardy<br />

to zone 4 in most instances;<br />

1930; late-mid spring; 14”-<br />

16”; (DNII+R).<br />

#01-0803 5/$4.75<br />

25/$20.50 50/$37<br />

N. ‘Geranium’ in a mass planting GLOWS!!!<br />

Martinette – moved to this<br />

division; a virtual bouquet<br />

on a stem, many bright yellow<br />

and orange flowers are<br />

lovely and wonderfully aromatic<br />

in a vase as it is in the<br />

55 mph garden; 14”–16”;<br />

early-mid spring; forces easily;<br />

(12/14+cm).<br />

#01-0710 5/$3.65<br />

25/$15.75 50/$28.50<br />

N. ‘Silver Chimes’<br />

= Wister Awards (ADS) pg. 7

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