Joe Hamm’s Daffodil Bulb Sale 2023!
Joe Hamm’s Daffodil Garden is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s the greatest collection of blooming daffodils I’ve ever seen.
To help fund the free garden, Joe sells some of his rare and unique bulbs. If you want to grow something different and wonderful, order some of these cool bulbs. You’ll have amazing additions to your garden and be helping a great cause.
Here’s a letter from Joe explaining how to order.
August 2023
Hello friends
This is the 15th year of offering surplus bulbs. Each year we dig cultivars that need to be thinned out and sell the excess bulbs. The bulb sale supports our not-for-profit work in maintaining the Daffodil Hortus (a daffodil archive collection) and an American Daffodil Society (ADS) approved Display Garden located at 99 Maple Road, Washington PA 15301.
Enclosed is a price list and order form. The offerings are listed in alphabetical order in groups: Historic (registered prior to 1940), Classic (registered between 1940-1969), and Modern (registered 1970 and later). Photos of most of the cultivars can be viewed on ADS’s daffseek.org. It is a wealth of information!
We base a bulb price on the rarity and propagation rate of the cultivar. Bulbs are available on a first-come-first-serve basis, but we also try to assure that you will receive at least one bulb of each of the bulbs you selected. Please note that a double asterisk after a daffodil name on the sales list means that quantities are limited and most likely will sell out quickly.
A bulb is either double-nosed or the equivalent in rounds. Some items listed may not be available due to problems discovered only after bulbs are processed. We endeavor to supply true-to-name cultivars, but sometimes, not often, mix-ups can occur.
Submit your order either through the mail or by email. DO NOT SEND PAYMENT WITH YOUR ORDER FORM. We will enclose an invoice with your bulb order and include a $5.00 packaging fee plus postage costs.
For those of you who live locally, we can mail your order or you can call us after September 1st to schedule a time for on-site pick up at 99 Maple Road. We will also sell bulbs this year at the Covered Bridge Festival at Mingo Park on Saturday, September 16th and Sunday, September 17th. You are also welcome to come and shop on-site for bulbs by appointment only after Wednesday September 20th.
Here’s the Order Form.
Thank you for your support
Joe Hamm
“Historic like his bulbs”
joehamm1@juno.com
(724) 345-3762
Georgine (Genie) Materniak , my sister, gcmater@gmail.com
Carol Stough, our assistant and friend