I am not sure where you are in the Valley, but there are a couple of shows in Virginia over the next few days. There is usually someone there that can help ID. April 07- 08, Sweet Briar, Virginia The Garden Club of VirginiaÂs 76th Annual Daffodil Show at The Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center at Sweet Briar College, 450 Sweet Briar, VA 24595. Contact: Melanie Christian, (434) 384-1881 mschristian@gmail.com April 13, Upperville, Virginia Upperville Garden Club Daffodil Show at Buchanan Hall, 8649 John S. Mosby Highway, Upperville, VA. Contact: Diane Ingoe (540) 338-5610, dianeingoe@rstarmail.com and if you want to travel to MD: April 10-11, Wheaton, Maryland Washington Daffodil Society Show at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD. Contact: Tom Taylor tom1939@msn.com I hope to make it to Upperville on the 13th. Kathy - a daffodil addict in the piedmont of Virginia Here is a link that might be useful: ADS show schedule

but then saw something called fortissimo which really looked beautiful and more interesting. I had Fortissimo bloom for me the first time this spring, and I was really WOWED by it, and thought it was very showy. I liked it a lot better than the all yellow Dutch Master. Does one tend to multiply more than the other? Not sure if one is more prolific than the other. Does one tend to do better in the Massachusetts area - zone 6? I think both would do equally well in your zone. Is it worth paying this much more for bigger bulbs? What will be the difference? I don't think there would be enough difference to pay that much more for bulbs that are just a little bigger. Chances are that all of the 12-14 cm bulbs would bloom just fine for you...possibly with the blooms a very little bit smaller. Would 100 daffodil bulbs be enough? Most of what i read says to plant the bulbs 5 inches apart... so if i do the math correctly 100 should be more than enough right? If it was me, I would sort of plant either 3 or 5 bulbs in a big hole, trying to space them with about 2-3" between them. I would prefer several blooming in bouquets, than what I would a line of blooms all in row. Possibly others will have input on the spacing and planting though. Welcome to the wonderful world of growing daffs. They are easy, and carefree and will reward you with beautiful springtime blooms for years and years, with only an occasional need to dig and divide them if they get too thick. Sue...a daff fanatic

Where I am, we plant daffs as soon as they are available as they start putting roots out right away. BUT, when they are planted out later, even as late as December they just bloom later then they normally would the first year. On the other hand, it's better for us to hold off on planting tulips until the end of October, if they come up too early there's a chance of them getting nipped by a late frost/freeze. A......

I wouldn't go by what I have to say, but I'll tell you what I did. I bought some king Alfred daffodils, a pink ruffled one and a big bag of mixed. Planted them all last weekend. Supposed to dig the hole twice as deep as the bulb. Well, for most of the bulbs that wasn't a problem, however, the King alfred bulbs were HUGE! I was able to pick and choose and I chose bulbs with at least 3 offshoots and the darned things are bigger than my fist. I've read that the bulbs will pull themselves down to the appropriate depth anyway, so I dug them in as deep as the trowel would let me - which was about the size of the bulbs. (I dug individual holes in the lawn). I planted some daffs last year and will have to move them soon. I've read that daffs can be planted now, to give them a chance to establish themselves before winter. Hope they're right!