Customer Favorites

Our customers know a good thing when they grow it, and they vote with their dollars every year. Here are their favorites from fall 2008 and spring 2009, based on both numbers sold and dollar value.

Cloth of Gold, 1587

Grand Primo, 1780

Rubrum lily, 1830

Prinses Irene, 1949

snake’s-head fritillary, 1572

Thomas A. Edison, 1929

Atom, 1946

CROCUS

Cloth of Gold, 1587 — bees flock to this “Turkey crocus”

Negro Boy, 1910 — darkest of all

Snowbunting, 1914 — musk-like fragrance

tommies, 1847 — lavender self-sower

DAFFODILS

Campernelle, 1601 — true stock, Southern classic

Carlton, 1927 — foolproof from ND to FL

Grand Primo, 1780 — most vigorous and floriferous

jonquil, Early Louisiana, 1612 — aka Sweeties, Simplex

Mary Copeland, 1913 — Irene Copeland’s wilder sister

Pheasant’s Eye, 1600, 1831 — red-rimmed “eye”

HYACINTHS

Chestnut Flower, 1880 — dawn-pink double

General Kohler, 1878 — double blue-purple

Hollyhock, 1936 — deep rose pug-faced rosettes

Marie, 1860 — deepest indigo-purple

LILIES

Black Beauty, 1957 — dark raspberry

martagon lily, 1568 — dainty turk’s -caps

regal lily, 1905 — fragrant and easy

Rubrum lily, 1830 — sprinkled with rubies

tiger lily, 1804 — Grandma’s favorite

PEONIES

Festiva Maxima, 1851 — best-loved for over a century

TULIPS

acuminata, 1720? 1816? — “spidery and mad”

clusiana, 1607 — original WHITE & red

Peach Blossom, 1890 — frothy Victorian double

Prinses Irene, 1949 — superb for forcing indoors

Schoonoord, 1909 — lush and radiant double

DIVERSE FALL

Byzantine gladiolus, 1629 — true stock!

oxblood lily, 1807 — aka hurricane and schoolhouse lilies

red spider lily, 1821 — heirloom triploid, extra tough

snake’s-head fritillary, 1572 — checkered

DAHLIAS

Andries’ Orange, 1936 — flower arranger’s delight

Clair de Lune, 1946 — elegant and wildflowery

Little Beeswings, 1909 — flame and yellow honeycomb

Prince Noir, 1954 — ruffled, dark burgundy cactus

Thomas A. Edison, 1929 — luxurious true purple

Winsome, 1940 — shocking beauty

GLADIOLUS

Abyssinian glad, 1888 — fragrant!

Atom, 1946 — pint-sized red and silver

Boone, 1920s? — small-flowered, apricot, perennial

Carolina Primrose, 1908 — small, graceful, and VERY hardy

IRIS

Madame Chereau, 1844 — landmark iris, our Spring 2009 Bulb of the Year

SPRING DIVERSE

Mexican Single tuberose, 1530 — swooningly fragrant

Pearl double tuberose, 1870 — like tiny gardenias

pink rain lily, 1825 — try it in pots

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