Daffodils and tulips alone, in their many varieties, will provide color throughout the spring- flowering season. The earliest daffodils, typified by such dainty gems as 'February Gold' and `Tete-b-Tête', can, be guaranteed to flower annually in early March, sometimes in February. And there are many varieties, large and small trumpeted, double, single, multi-flowered, in white, cream, pink and red, as well as in all the glorious yellow shades, that will carry on the show well into May. Similarly, there are early dwarf tulips in magnificently rich colors, some even with striped leaves, such as `Red Riding Hood', that flower reliably in March. Many flower in April, some, like 'Toronto', with several flowers to each stem. And the large May-flowering varieties, lily-flowered, parrot- flowered, 'Triumph', 'Rembnuidt' and the well-known Darwin varieties, come in an astonishing range of colors and combinations of color. They are among the most noble and stately flowers in any garden.
The height to which a variety will grow is given in most lists and catalogues. It remains constant under most growing conditions, except possibly in the shade; here the stems are likely to be a bit longer - drawn up by; lack of light - and possibly a bi weaker as well.
It may not be of great importance in a large garden, but there are varieties both of daffodils and tulips, particularly the latter, that are too tall for some situations. For pockets in a rockery, for instance, the dainty dwarf early daffodils are perfect. And for a tub or window-box, the dwarf April-flowering tulips are superb. The wrong variety can look ridiculous. Height and site must always be considered together.
