Are you a southern gardener who has quit trying to grow daffodils because they 've never performed well in your garden? Maybe you went to your local chain store garden center and bought and planted one of those big bags of bulbs and hardly saw any flowers. It's probably not anything you did wrong. Many garden centers stock the same daffodil bulbs in all their stores across the country. The problem with this is that some daffodils don't thrive in every locale. The bulbs you planted may well have been more suited to a cooler region.
1. Carlton is a large-cupped daffodil that has been grown in the south for decades. Its center cup is almost as large as a trumpet. It has a lovely golden yellow color and a sweet vanilla scent. Carlton is an early bloomer that will naturalize with little care.
2. Geranium is a tazetta type daffodil with clusters of white flowers and small orange cups. It has a fruity perfume that will fill your garden if you plant a large enough group of them. Geranium is late blooming and doesn't mind mild southern winters or early spring warm spells.
3.Quail is a jonquilla type daffodil that is popular in the south for good reason. It bears sweet smelling golden flowers in clusters of three or more. The really special thing about this jonquil is that it blooms for up to a month. When the first round of blooms has finished this beauty produces another one or even two rounds of flowers. Other jonquilla daffodils that are great for the deep south are Sweetness and Golden Dawn.
4.Cheerfulness is a late blooming double flowered daffodil that is sometimes called gardenia because of its sweet perfume. It bears several small flowers per stem. This type of narcissus is called a poetaz because of its poeticus and tazetta parentage. The poetaz types have been grown for centuries and are widely believed to be among the first hybrid narcissi. Cheerfulness has been sold commercially since the 1920s but is believed to be much older. It comes in white and yellow versions.
5.Tete-a-Tete is a miniature daffodil that blooms very early and thrives in many conditions.It has several yellow flowers on each stem and makes a great companion for other early blooming bulbs such as crocuses,snowdrops and scilla. It looks beautiful surrounded by violas or pansies.
While most of the daffodils listed here will also do well in other areas they are ideal for hot climate gardens. If you've tried and failed at growing daffodils why don't you try again with one or all of these great varieties for the Deep South.
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