Some people call this one "Cheerfulness Improved,", but it's up to you. Sir Winston has the same creamy white color, same fragrance, but with a larger ruffled center, doubling the whole flower with flashes of ruffled orange. It creates a lovely bloom that some compare to a camellia or gardenia.However you view these blooms, you'll agree they're super-beautiful. And deserve a place in your spring garden.
Naturalizing Daffodils. Probably nothing in the gardening world is more foolproof and more rewarding than "naturalizing" daffodils. Because unlike most other garden flowers, these fantastic plants are super-easy to plant in fall, they don't care about soil, as long as it's well-drained, and they'll bloom beautifully for you with absolutely no work every spring after you plant them. Best of all, daffodils increase over the years, each bulb developing into a blooming clump. All you have to do is pick the spots. The one thing to remember is that you won't be able to mow that area until the tops die down. Everything else takes care of itself. In a new or established wildflower meadow, the wildflower plants grow up around the daffodils hiding the fading foliage, so there's no work to do. And if you're planting wildflower seed, what could be easier that to pop in the bulbs when you have the ground already turned?
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Botanical Name: Narcissus
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Common Name: Double Flowering Daffodil
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Type: Perennial Flower Bulb
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Color: Creamy white with a large ruffled center of white and orange/lemon
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Spread/Width: Plant 6 bulbs per square foot.
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Sun/Shade: Full sun to partial shade
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Soil Preferences: Daffodils will grow in any soil type that is well drained.
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Variety: Sir Winston Churchill
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Advantages: Deer Resistant.
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