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American Daffodil Farm
11051 Old Federal Road
Carnesville, Ga 30521
Call now for Fall 2011 orders.
706-498-4731
11051 Old Federal Road
Carnesville, Ga 30521
Call now for Fall 2011 orders.
706-498-4731
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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".
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".
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