Spring flowering Narcissus 2012 - 2013

[Rafa]

Subsp. nivalis afternoon 

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and a final kiss   

[fermi de Sousa]

Subsp. nivalis afternoon 

Magnifico, Rafa!
Thanks for sharing with us,
cheers
fermi

[pehe]

Poul - see the posts above by Roland (Bulborum) & myself on 'Baths Flame'. And Daffseek:

http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?value1=Bath%27s%20Flame&lastpage=1&

Thank you Gerry. That might be the one.
And Maggi, if it's a poeticus then it surely is a rebel protesting against the very cold winter/spring

Poul

[pehe]

Rafa, what a show!
Wish I were there. Thanks for sharing!

Poul

[annew]

Fantastic, Rafa. I wish I were there too! Have you taught Althea to hunt the narcissi yet? She should be able to smell them for several km!

[Anthony Darby]

Awesome place. Must have been paradise for you and your beautiful dog.

[Maggi Young]

Can anyone ID this narcissus?
It looks like a poeticus, but the flowering time is strange.
I got it some years ago from an old garden. It flowers for the first time this year.
It had been growing in a rather shadowed site in my garden. In mid October the leaves was well developed and the flower bud was visible.
I thought it was a tazetta and didn't expect it to survive the winter outside, so I pottet it in a large pot and placed it in a frost free glasshouse (+2^oC)
The flower opened at the end of March at the same time as a pot of Rijnveldts Early Sensation, which I have in the same glasshouse. So it is obvious not a poeticus.

Poul

   If this plant is not N. poeticus, then what could it possibly be? 

The other  query plant shown earlier may  well be the old hybrid discussed , but this plant
is saying "Pheasant's eye" to me  = poeticus.
Am I missing something? 

[pehe]

Maggi I have true poeticus in the same bed and they haven't even shown their noses yet. I have never seen a poeticus above ground before x-mas as this one, so I believe it is a hybrid even if it looks exactly as a true poeticus.

Poul

[Maggi Young]

Rafa, your Narcissus meadows are as beautiful as the magnificent Althea - what a fine girl she has grown up to be.

[shelagh]

With last years order from R.A.Scamp we were sent a little freebie of 3 bulbs of Rijnvelds Early Sensation.  Looking out of my window I can see them flowering beautifully, in fact they have been flowering beautifully for the last 7 weeks. The nightly frosts and bitter winds haven't put them off at all.  If you want an early tall yellow I would think this one is unbeatable.