Daffodils

The Art of Daffodils

If you grow daffodils, it’s very possible that you’ll occasionally snip off a few blooms to arrange in a vase or a Mason jar.

Some gardeners use old pails to add a rustic look to their arrangements. Others make do with pitchers or nonporous, glazed ceramic containers. Because of the tremendous Dutch connection with daffodils, there are growers who display cut flowers in Delft pottery, the tin-glazed earthenware—usually coloured blue and white—from the Netherlands.

Now that spring has arrived and daffodils are in full bloom, why not throw caution to the wind and consider a less conventional vessel for displaying your beautiful and fragrant narcissus?

That’s exactly what Rik Pennings, one of Breck’s favourite commercial growers of daffodils, enjoys doing. He’ll take some cut flowers and arrange them in:

Sacks!

Sacks

 

Boots!

Boots

 

Container Gardens!

Container Gardens

 

Trees!

Trees

 

Fruit!

Fruit

 

Children’s Hair!

Childrens Hair

 

Rik and his wife, Ilse, run a nursery called P. Pennings Bloembollenbedrijf (English translation: flower bulb nursery) in Noordwijkerhout, less than a mile from our Holland office. His father started the nursery about 60 years ago on the property, which previously served as his grandfather’s dairy farm.

Rik and Ilse currently grow 153 daffodil cultivars and various tulips on 32 acres. They’re always on the lookout for new narcissus varieties that raise the bar on colouring, form and vigor.

He enjoys his work intensely. He particularly loves springtime when he’s working out in his fields, taking in the sounds of larks and thinking about new ways to display his gorgeous and fragrant cut daffodils.

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