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Our customers know a good thing when they grow it, and they vote with their dollars every year. Here are their favorites from fall 2007 and spring 2008, based on both numbers sold and dollar value.

Negro Boy, 1910

Mrs. Langtry, 1869

Rubrum lily, L. speciosum, 1830

acuminata, 1816

Prince Noir, 1954

Atom, 1946

CROCUS
Cloth of Gold, 1587 — bees flock to this “Turkey crocus”
Negro Boy, 1910 — darkest of all
Snowbunting, 1914 — musk-like fragrance

DAFFODILS
Campernelle, 1601 — true stock, Southern classic
Carlton, 1927 — foolproof from ND to FL
Mary Copeland, 1913 — Irene Copeland’s wilder sister
Mrs. Langtry, 1869 — crinkled canary cup ringed with gold
Pheasant’s Eye, 1600 — red-rimmed “eye”
Queen of the North, 1908 — lemon sorbet
Sweetness, 1939 — Wister Award-winner
Thalia, 1916 — dove-like classic
Trevithian, 1927 — “breath-taking”

HYACINTHS
Madame Sophie, 1929 — voluptuous double white
Marie, 1860 — deepest indigo-purple
Queen of the Blues, 1870 — soft, silvery blue

LILIES
Black Beauty, 1957 — dark raspberry
L. regale, regal lily, 1905 — fragrant and easy
L. speciosum rubrum, Rubrum lily, 1830 — sprinkled with rubies
L. martagon ‘Album’, white martagon, 1601 — made for fairies, luminous

TULIPS
acuminata, 1816 — “spidery and mad”
T. clusiana, 1607 — original WHITE & red
Greuze, 1891 — rich, deep purple
Peach Blossom, 1890 — frothy Victorian double
Prince of Austria, 1860 — fragrant and enduring
Schoonoord, 1909 — lush and radiant double

DIVERSE FALL
Byzantine gladiolus, Gladiolus byzantinus, 1629 true stock!
red spider lily, Lycoris radiata var. radiata, 1821 heirloom triploid, extra tough
snake’s-head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, 1572 checkered

CANNAS
Madame Caseneuve, 1902 — heart-breakingly lovely
Musifolia, 1858 — big, bold “Banana Canna”
Wyoming, 1906 — sunsets and leather

DAHLIAS
Bishop of Llandaff, 1927 — dark ferny foliage
Clair de Lune, 1946 — elegant and wildflowery
Kaiser Wilhelm, 1893 — lemon, burgundy, and a green button eye
Prince Noir, 1954 — ruffled, dark burgundy cactus
Thomas A. Edison, 1929 — luxurious true purple
Winsome, 1940 — shocking beauty

GLADIOLUS
Abyssinian glad, 1888 — fragrant!
Atom, 1946 — pint-sized red and silver
Boone, 1920s? — small-flowered, apricot, perennial

DIVERSE SPRING
Mexican Single tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa, 1530 — swooningly fragrant
pink rain lily, Zephyranthes grandiflora, 1825 — try it in pots

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