Steve Hartman’s on the road segment had a touching story on a field of 40,000 daffodils in Redding, Connecticut.
Here’s a link to the story if you didn’t get to see it:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-hartman-on-the-road-redding-connecticut-daffodils/
Bud McQuade’s planting is about 10 miles from us at the crow flies. He dug, divided and replanted his daffs in June for decades. I think he started with a few dozen bulbs – he was nothing if not frugal. It is largely Queen of the North and massive numbers of Sir Watkins, with some telemonius plenus and few post war cultivars. We visit every year, twice when possible as the field turns from yellow to white as the season progresses.
The field is in an expensive area, which could readily be turned into more than a few McMansions, so we worried about what would happen when Bud passed away. Saved by a daffodil patron! There is even some street parking now.