I usually spend Black Friday planting my spring blooming bulbs–but time got away from me this year.
So when I set down at the computer to check my favorite bulb sources on Thanksgiving night, the Ice Follies daffodils I had my heart set on were ALL SOLD OUT. 
Bad news, since I do want Ice Follies for the new section of woods garden I’ve tamed this year.
If I could only grown one daffodil in my Wake County NC garden, this tried and true early daffodil would be the one.
The blooms are large, strong, fragrant, and great for cutting. The bulb clumps increase year after year.
I finally found some “landscape sized” bulbs at Van Engelen, a wholesale source I’ve used before. Landscape bulbs are smaller sized but Ice Follies are such stong growers, I’m sure they’ll catch up in year or two. And the price– 250 bulbs for $42 is unbeatable. Here’s the link.
http://www.vanengelen.com/catview.cgi?_fn=Item&_recordnum=8829&_category=Narcissi:
What bulbs did you buy this year? And if you haven’t yet, get busy. Daffodils are great perennial plants. You should grow them.
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November 27, 2012 at 12:01 am
Teddy
Thanks Christine for this recommendation. I took your advice and ordered from them last year. Wonderful bulbs became wonderful daffodils.
November 30, 2012 at 5:30 am
christineramsey
Thanks for the thumbs up, Teddy. Maybe one day we will be both be old, old ladies with thousands of daffodils in our NC woods.
November 30, 2012 at 4:18 am
Michele
On a MUCH smaller scale, I picked up a few daffodil bulbs at Lowe’s and ended up with Jetfire (early), Gigantic Star (mid) and Ice Follies (mid). ‘Glad to know that at least one of the selections will do well. Fingers crossed that next year I will get beds prepared on a much larger scale.
November 30, 2012 at 5:37 am
christineramsey
I have also ordered and grown jet fire and it is a good bulb for NC. The trouble with larger, later daffodils in my woods is that the trees leaf out in April so my part sun garden becomes a shade garden in about three days time. Daffodils need several weeks of sun after the blooming to store energy for the next year, so only the early bulbs really thirve under my trees.
Thanks for the comment, Michele. Happy planting.