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 2010 and spring 2011, based on both numbers sold and dollar value.

Clair de Lune, 1946

Orangeman, 1902

Abyssinian glad, 1888

Quaker Lady, 1909

jonquil, Early Louisiana, 1612

L’Innocence, 1863

tiger lily, 1804

Peach Blossom, 1890

surprise lily, magic lily, 1889

Favorites for SPRING Planting

DAHLIAS

Andries’ Orange, 1936 — flower arranger’s delight

Bishop of Llandaff, 1927 — dark ferny foliage

Clair de Lune, 1946 — elegant and wildflowery

Jane Cowl, 1928 — undulating bronze

Sellwood Glory, 1951 — dark burgundy on silver

Thomas Edison, 1929 — luxurious true purple

Winsome, 1940 — shocking beauty

DAYLILIES

August Pioneer, 1939 — 8 weeks of bloom

lemon lily, 1570 — fragrant daylily, true stock!

Orangeman, 1902 — mango-colored stars, extra old

GLADIOLUS

Abyssinian glad, 1888 — fragrant!

Atom, 1946 — pint-sized red and silver

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

Friendship, 1949 — landmark pink

Lucky Star, 1966 — a truly fragrant glad!

IRIS

Florentina, 1500 — luminous pewter

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

pallida Dalmatica, 1597 — grape-scented, the quintessential iris

Quaker Lady, 1909 — smoky lavender and fawn

SPRING DIVERSE

Ehemanii canna, 1863 — arching sprays of dangling flowers

Mexican Single tuberose, 1530 — swooningly fragrant

Pearl double tuberose, 1870 — like tiny gardenias

pink rain lily, 1825 — try it in pots

Favorites for FALL-Planting

CROCUS

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

Negro Boy, 1910 — darkest of all

Snowbunting, 1914 — musk-like fragrance

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, Cologne Bottle

Rip van Winkle, 1884 — spiked cutie

Rose of May, 1950 — rose-like shape and fragrance

Thalia, 1916 — dove-like classic

Trevithian, 1927 — “breath-taking”

HYACINTHS

Gipsy Queen, 1927 — apricot and melons

L’Innocence, 1863 — pure white, easiest to force

Marie, 1860 — deepest indigo-purple

Roman Blue, 1562 — wildflowery, and it multiplies!

LILIES

Black Beauty, 1957 — dark raspberry

martagon, white, 1601 — made for fairies, luminous

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”

Black Parrot, 1937 — exuberantly ruffled and frilled

clusiana, 1607 — original WHITE & red

Estella Rijnveld, 1954 — raspberry-ripple ice cream

Florentine tulip, 1597 — violet-scented

Insulinde, 1914 — enjoy its enchanting transformation

Peach Blossom, 1890 — frothy Victorian double

DIVERSE FALL

Byzantine gladiolus, 1629 — true stock!

red spider lily, 1821 — heirloom triploid, extra tough

Siberian squill, 1796 — amazingly blue

Spanish bluebell, 1601 — fool-proof classic

surprise lily, magic lily, 1889 — aka naked ladies, resurrection lily

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