Pheasant Eye Daffodils

While at the Doctor's surgery I was looking at a magazine (think it was Garden's World). The magazine was offering 12 Pheasant Eye bulbs for £6.99! eeek, that may have included postage tho in fairness not sure. Anyway I will be altering a bed within the next month or so and will have many dozens of Pheasant Eye bulbs surplus to requirements.I can't guarantee they will all be flowering size but if anybody would like some for free please PM me. The big snag is postage costs. When I lift them I could weigh some and find out how much the postage would be for say 20 or so. Pheasant Eyes are great for naturalising, I have hundreds on a grass bank,. They are later than most Daffs so extend the Daff season, are quite delicate form wise and seem to withstand rain/wind better than many other varieties AND have a beautiful scent.

 

Had to google them because I haven't heard of that variety (or, any variety of daff to me, daffs are daffs ). How beautiful they are!!

 

Thanks for that offer Silu. If only I had a bank to naturalise them in...

 

They'll grow anywhere Jenny, I have them in my front lawn.

 

I was thinking of getting some of these anyway, so im certainly interested.

Rusty

 

A 25kg bulk-bag is normally stated to include approx 450 bulbs. Likihood is that yours are in clumps, and there will be some smaller bulbs amongst them (not a problem, but they will weight less than the "generous sized" bulbs that you get in the shops).

So 25kg / 450 bulbs = 55 grams each. Might be a "starting point" to calculate approximate postage.

Bulk price for Pheasant Eye (if you buy 100+ say) is around 19p each, falling to around 14p if you buy 250+ - that's including VAT but excluding postage - which equates to £2.28 - £1.68, so the 7-quid in the magazine, even including postage, was pretty steep! Might give you an idea of what to expect if, say, you decide to sell them on eBay, or someone wants to "value" something to give you in return.

 

Yikes, you certainly know your onions or should I say Daffodils. I've had a few people wanting and I'm happy to give my surplus away for free. Postage on 30 is about £3.50 for reasonable sized ones.You're absolutely correct the few I've lifted already have probably been in situ for at least 40 years, so each clump contains about 20 or so bulbs!I've picked out the biggest for those wanting. That said I lifted a couple of clumps 2 years ago, split them up and re planted even the tiddley ones.2 seasons on and the vast majority flowered so if people can bare to wait a little while they'll get a lovely "smelly" show for nothing. Certainly many years ago I'd have jumped at my offer as I had to start a garden from complete scratch and was almost pleased when the weeds flowered!

 

Most seasoned gardeners are happy with that approach too ... "Live like you will die tomorrow, garden like you will live forever ..."