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American Daffodil Farm
11051 Old Federal Road
Carnesville, Ga 30521
706-498-4731
Order now for Fall 2011 planting
11051 Old Federal Road
Carnesville, Ga 30521
706-498-4731
Order now for Fall 2011 planting
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| "Forever Daffodils" |
Daffodils from American Daffodil Farm are the most hardy daffodils in the
world because they’re “Forever Daffodils”.
What's a "Forever Daffodil"?
“Forever Daffodils” last forever. Most have been growing in gardens in
Europe and America for more than two hundred years. Some more than a
thousand years. In fact, some were designed by Nature, not a daffodil
breeder. They’re natural wild flowers.
A “Forever Daffodil” will outlive you, your garden and your house. The
Forever Daffodils at American Daffodil Farm have already done so at least
once already.
We found them growing out in the country where houses once stood. Most
often, all that remained of the houses were a few scattered large stones
that were once part of the chimney. If it weren’t for the daffodils blooming
each spring, we would have never known a house was ever there.
The daffodils are all that remained. Of course, we always left bulbs in each
hole where they will continue to multiply and bloom as a reminder to future
generations of the history of the site.
When we dug up these daffodils that had survived up to 100 years of
neglect in forest and pastures, they were in clumps of 100 or more bulbs.
Some of the bulbs were no larger than a pea because they were growing so
close together for so long and in such horrible conditions.
After drying them, we planted them beside another abandoned old house
that was built about 1855, a house that was home for sharecroppers or
slaves before the civil war.
That was ten years ago. Now, the pea sized bulbs have grown to full size
and have multiplied rapidly. And, as you can see in the photos on our
website, they make a breathtaking sight in the spring.
So, when you buy bulbs from American Daffodil Farm, you’re buying bulbs
that have already outlived one house by more than 60 years. And, they'll do
the same again and again.
That’s why we call the daffodils at American Daffodil Farm, “Forever
Daffodils”.
They’re the most hardy daffodils in the world.
You might think, well, all daffodils come up every spring.
Actually, as the years go by, unless you pay premium prices for new stock
from very careful daffodil breeders, the chances of buying daffodil bulbs
that will make flowers every year is declining.
There’s a scientific term used to explain why many commercially produced
bulbs are less likely to survive. It’s called “Specific Replant Disease”.
When daffodil and tulip bulbs are planted and harvested in the same fields
over and over again decade after decade, and when new varieties are
continually imported from all over the world into those fields, the soils and
bulbs become the permanent home for incurable diseases such as yellow
stripe virus and mosaic virus.
So, when you go to WalMart or other retailers that buy their bulbs from the
big growers, you get bulbs that are likely to be infected.
Instead of getting “Forever Daffodils”, you'll often get “Gradually
Disappearing Daffodils” that may also cause your healthy daffodils to
disappear with them.
But, most of the daffodil bulbs at American Daffodil Farm have never been
part of the commercial bulb trade.
Most of our daffodils were brought to America by early colonists who carried
them onto the ship when they came to the New World. They were shared
with neighbors and spread across the country by generations of daffodil
lovers.
Now you know why we call bulbs from American Daffodil Farm "Forever
Daffodils".
world because they’re “Forever Daffodils”.
What's a "Forever Daffodil"?
“Forever Daffodils” last forever. Most have been growing in gardens in
Europe and America for more than two hundred years. Some more than a
thousand years. In fact, some were designed by Nature, not a daffodil
breeder. They’re natural wild flowers.
A “Forever Daffodil” will outlive you, your garden and your house. The
Forever Daffodils at American Daffodil Farm have already done so at least
once already.
We found them growing out in the country where houses once stood. Most
often, all that remained of the houses were a few scattered large stones
that were once part of the chimney. If it weren’t for the daffodils blooming
each spring, we would have never known a house was ever there.
The daffodils are all that remained. Of course, we always left bulbs in each
hole where they will continue to multiply and bloom as a reminder to future
generations of the history of the site.
When we dug up these daffodils that had survived up to 100 years of
neglect in forest and pastures, they were in clumps of 100 or more bulbs.
Some of the bulbs were no larger than a pea because they were growing so
close together for so long and in such horrible conditions.
After drying them, we planted them beside another abandoned old house
that was built about 1855, a house that was home for sharecroppers or
slaves before the civil war.
That was ten years ago. Now, the pea sized bulbs have grown to full size
and have multiplied rapidly. And, as you can see in the photos on our
website, they make a breathtaking sight in the spring.
So, when you buy bulbs from American Daffodil Farm, you’re buying bulbs
that have already outlived one house by more than 60 years. And, they'll do
the same again and again.
That’s why we call the daffodils at American Daffodil Farm, “Forever
Daffodils”.
They’re the most hardy daffodils in the world.
You might think, well, all daffodils come up every spring.
Actually, as the years go by, unless you pay premium prices for new stock
from very careful daffodil breeders, the chances of buying daffodil bulbs
that will make flowers every year is declining.
There’s a scientific term used to explain why many commercially produced
bulbs are less likely to survive. It’s called “Specific Replant Disease”.
When daffodil and tulip bulbs are planted and harvested in the same fields
over and over again decade after decade, and when new varieties are
continually imported from all over the world into those fields, the soils and
bulbs become the permanent home for incurable diseases such as yellow
stripe virus and mosaic virus.
So, when you go to WalMart or other retailers that buy their bulbs from the
big growers, you get bulbs that are likely to be infected.
Instead of getting “Forever Daffodils”, you'll often get “Gradually
Disappearing Daffodils” that may also cause your healthy daffodils to
disappear with them.
But, most of the daffodil bulbs at American Daffodil Farm have never been
part of the commercial bulb trade.
Most of our daffodils were brought to America by early colonists who carried
them onto the ship when they came to the New World. They were shared
with neighbors and spread across the country by generations of daffodil
lovers.
Now you know why we call bulbs from American Daffodil Farm "Forever
Daffodils".
"I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew among the mossy stones about and about them, some
rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and
danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake, they looked
so gay ever dancing ever changing." William Wordsworth, 1804
And, the very same daffodils will dance for you in your gardens to announce the end of winter every
spring for now on, guaranteed. You need plant only once and watch the number of blossoms increase
each year!
rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and
danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake, they looked
so gay ever dancing ever changing." William Wordsworth, 1804
And, the very same daffodils will dance for you in your gardens to announce the end of winter every
spring for now on, guaranteed. You need plant only once and watch the number of blossoms increase
each year!
The Wordsworth Daffodil