Good morning! Thank you, again. I was growing 100 Tazetta bulbs from the Bill, the Bulb guy. But he did tell me that he put together a grab bag of what he had of that type. They were all just beautiful, extremely fragrant, and tough as all get out. He was a big loss to the daffodil community. I will order from the species you discussed above. My current Daffodils and Daylily selection, planted last fall (White Flower Farms), is doing extremely well along a backyard fence. I am an elder and I have wanted to buy that selection since I first started gardening in this country, some 45 years ago. Only bought them, finally, last fall. I have 17 peonies planted in front so far, all coming up and being left alone. I was not familiar with P. daurica. On my list to get now. I learn from every email. I promised myself that I would grow peonies, lilies, and roses everywhere I've lived in the US, and have done so, even in Minnesota. But I love the Camas lilies more than most. Lesley On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM Jane McGary via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Lesley, actual Narcissus tazetta is not very winter-hardy in the Pacific > Northwest; you may have been growing hybrids. There are many rapidly > increasing Narcissus species that are, however. N. jonquilla and N. > pseudonarcissus subsp, obvallaris naturalize here, and I think the one I > received as N. readinganorum, now also sunk in N. pseudonarcissus, would > as well. N. poeticus would be suitable, but is not inexpensive. There > are some hybrids that will naturalize, as well. When I lived in the > country I had good luck with 'Flower Record' and 'Ice Follies'. > Fritillaria meleagris self-sows enthusiastically here, including in a > spot with Camassia, but deer would eat it -- they visit here rarely but > so far this year have attacked only Crocus foliage. They don't bother > the many species Paeonia here, and P. daurica will naturalize freely by > seed. > > Best regards, > > Jane > > On 4/15/2025 11:18 AM, Lesley Richardson via pbs wrote: > > Oh my. We had deer, and elk, and pocket gophers, and California ground > > squirrels, and snowshoe hares, and wild turkeys. My gardens got eaten > every > > year but some plants survived and thrived. Unfortunately, also we have > deer > > here where I live and rabbits and they have actually been in our back > yard > > when the yard gate is left open. The meadow area is out front. So no > point > > in planting expensive deer food. I did not know this. No wonder I had so > > few Camas plants. I can keep the back yard safe from deer at least. The > > fences are 6-foot high and solid so the deer don't jump over. > > Seems that the mass planting will be Narcissi Tazetta instead. Nothing > > touched those over on the East side because, of course, they are > poisonous. > > Pity. I was trying to establish a large area of Camas because they are > such > > lovely native plants. > > Lesley > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM Jane McGary via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > >> Lesley wrote, > >> > >>> I planted a pound of camas seed when I lived on the East side of the > >>> Cascades. I got maybe 50 plants and those took 3 years to flower and > >> hardly > >>> spread in the 13 years I was over there. > >> If deer were present, that may be why these plants did not flourish. It > >> does take 3 or 4 years to flower from seed, and some years deer will eat > >> all the flowering stems. > >> > >> Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > >> PBS Forum latest: > >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…