Spring Narcissus 2014

[Rafa]

Poul, have your N. hedraeanthus scent?

[YT]

Hi Tatsuo. I've picked a flower of 'Oxford Gold' and brought it inside. It ha no scent at all, as far as I can tell.

Thak you so much, Matt

[David Nicholson]

It's not been a good Narcissus year for me, just a few here.

Narcissus bulbocodium
N. bulbocodium var. graellsii
A little seedling from Brian Duncan a couple of years ago that he labelled 'little yellow trumpet seedling'

[Matt T]

I love the colour of the N. b. var graellsii. I have a couple of pots of seed out in the frame - really hope they come up!

The convoluted corona and petals on the 'little yellow trumpet seedling' are very nice David.

[Rafa]

Two Narcissus cordubensis one from Grazelema and the other from Zahahra. Interestingly when I was there last the Zahahra site had been totally trashed by wild boar and the narcissus,orchids and iris destroyed.

Narcissus alpestris ms842  from Mike salmon performing well again.

Tony I would said the second one is Narcissus baeticus. The first one called N. cordubensis is the plant that we call Narcissus cerrolazae Ureña described in this paper http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Frevistas.ucm.es%2Findex.php%2FBOCM%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2FBOCM9494110083A%2F6485&ei=lgIfU7PzM6iS0QXb64HgCw&usg=AFQjCNGTUF00JBExh0NSJOv92JG5dhp5Tg&bvm=bv.62788935,d.bGQ


that link may not work - try this : http://www.montecorto.com/info/narcissus.pdf

[David Nicholson]

If I have a spare graellsii Matt I'll save one for you. The little trumpet isn't really so convoluted my photographing backing board blew down on it

[Matt T]

Not a stable feature then...nor your backing board?! 

If there was one spare, that would be MOST welcome David.

[David Nicholson]

Not a stable feature then...nor your backing board?! 

If there was one spare, that would be MOST welcome David.

 

OK will let you know in re-potting time

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus varduliensis JWB

[Cyril L]

Some great plants out in the open - are your slugs not partial to narcissus then? I just have the stumps of my group of Jim Lad in a trough.

I have not noticed much slug damage to narcissi.  Snowdrops flowers occasionally get chomped.  Perhaps wood pigeons do have their uses.

[Tony Willis]

i do not notice slug damage on my narcissus

Narcissus bulbocodium ssp citrinus from Spain Avila

[Cyril L]

Narcissus cyclamineus, one of my favourite.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A nice clump of Narcissus 'Jetfire'.

[SJW]

N. watieri (or should that be rupicola ssp watieri?).

[annew]

At last I can show you photos of two of Tatsuo's narcissi grown here in Yorkshire - not cushions! They have been in my 'arrivals lounge', so were partly shaded by other new arrivals. Still looking up though! Many thanks to Tatsuo for those.