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Anyone else here grow Rip Van Winkles? I first bought some 2 falls ago. When
they bloomed last spring they were just adorable, so i put a ton more in
last fall. Now I see that the flowers from last years bulbs are no longer as
cute as they were the first year... The first year the flowers were about 6
inches tall, bright yellow, and looked kind of like full little dandilion
blossoms. This year they are at least eight inches tall, scraggly looking
and more greenish than yellow.

I had some for many years in the last garden, which didn't increase
well or ever make much of a show; though many other daffodils did very
well there. RVW might be one of those alpine daffodils which likes a dry
sunny baking in summer, which they certainly never got in our cool damp
summers (Scotland).

Janet.