A Few Daffodil Photos from Adams County

'Stella' or Stell-ish cultivar

‘Stella’ or Stell-ish cultivar

Lent Lilies

Lent Lilies

Naturalized Lint Lilies at Forrest Plantation in Adams County, MS.

Naturalized Lint Lilies at Forrest Plantation in Adams County, MS.

The picture of ‘Stella’ or ‘Stella-ish,’ as said by Celia Jones says reflects the great variability in the cultivar we call ‘Stella.’  The second picture is of Lint Lilies as they are commonly called.  Like the Campernelle, you can’t have too many Lint Lilies in your daffodil garden.  Preferably, Lint Lilies look best in a naturalized planting as you can see in the Forrest Plantation Lint Lily planting.

3 comments for “A Few Daffodil Photos from Adams County

  1. Gather together any two or three daffodil people from the Deep South, and likely an argument about “Is it Stella?” will break out. Some of you may remember, at Phyllis Kirtley’s garden, the last stop on the Sunday tour of the Little Rock convention, about the delightful, controversial border along the driveway. “Is it Stella? Is it Sir Watkin? Is it barri conspicuous.” Brent Heath firmly voted for the last, triumphantly pulling up a label!
    But whether it is this threesome, or Lent Lilies, or odorus, it is mind-boggling to remember that every one of these flowers came from bulbs brought here by someone, whether English settlers from the East Coast, or, as the late Carl Amason of Arkansas contended, brought up-river from settlers landing in New Orleans. None of them are natives (there are no daffodils native to our country)—but they have thrived, multiplied many times over, and probably ought to be in the “tool kit” of Southern hybridizers searching for ideal daffodils for perennializing for our area.
    Thanks for sharing a great trip with everyone, Ted.
    Loyce McKenzie
    Madison, MS

  2. Around here the evangelical Christians call them Lent Lillies

    the Pentecostals call them Easter Lillies

    I call them Pseudonarcissus

    The Catholics call them dandelions when I am in hearing range (not sure what they call them behind my back)

    There are only a fraction of the populations we had in the past

    I need to transplant mine again

     

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