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Web Extra: A Resource Guide to daffodils
For the article Filoli’s Daffodil Collection
Lucy Tolmach
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Saxon Holt
A field of daffodils and young fruit trees, with the Filoli mansion in the background.
As a companion to articles by Donn Todt and Lucy Tolmach on daffodils (Narcissus) in West Coast gardens, which were featured in the January 2012 issue of Pacific Horticulture, we offer the following list of mail order nurseries that usually offer a good selection of species and cultivars of daffodils, including some of the historic selections mentioned in the article.
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Lucy Tolmach
Chinese sacred lilies (Narcissus tazetta subsp. chinensis)
Please be sure to mention Pacific Horticulture when contacting any of these vendors.
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Lucy Tolmach
Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. hispanicus ‘Maximus’
To read the full stories about daffodils in West Coast gardens, click here to purchase a copy of the January 2012 issue of Pacific Horticulture.
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Lucy Tolmach
Narcissus ‘Soleil d’Or’
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Lucy Tolmach
Narcissus ‘February Gold’
Mail Order Sources
Bill the Bulb Baron
1031 Cayuga Street Apt B
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831/236-8397
www.billthebulbbaron.com
Online catalog (including his own hybrids)
Brent & Becky's Bulbs
7900 Daffodil Lane
Gloucester, VA 23061
804/693-3966
www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com
Online catalog
Easy to Grow Bulbs
San Diego County, CA
760/754-0438
www.easytogrowbulbs.com
Online catalog (especially for USDA zones 7-10)
McClure & Zimmerman
335 S High Street
Randolph, WI 53956
800/546-4053
www.mzbulb.com
Online catalog
Mitsch Novelty Daffodils
PO Box 218
Hubbard, OR 97032
503/651-2742
www.mitschdaffodils.com
Online catalog (including their own hybrids)
Nancy Wilson Species & Miniature Narcissus
6525 Briceland-Thorn Road
Garberville, CA 95542
707/923-2407
www.asis.com/users/nwilson
Online catalog (including her own hybrids)
Old House Gardens
536 Third Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734/995-1486
www.oldhousegardens.com
Online catalog (specializing in historic cultivars)