Spring Narcissus 2014

[Maggi Young]

So many beautiful plants flowering with you right now, Tony.
I do like that N. watieri - I cannot abide the form  'Abaleish' that is seen quite a lot now - the twisted folded petals are ugly to my eyes - they always look like the flowers are dying - I love the flat perfection of yours.

[fermi de Sousa]

Narcissus alpestris from Cerler

Can never tire of seeing that Narcissus of yours,
cheers
fermi

[Rafa]

Sorry Roma,

Sometimes N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus are so mixed with N. rupicola that it could be possible to take seeds from the other capsule. I will send you some of my plants of N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus.

Gerry, your N. triandus is also subsp. pallidulus, is the one that grows in Toledo.

Here N. x consolationis (N. bulbocodium subsp. nivalis (mother) x N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus (father)
Also N. assoanus with muscari neglectum

[Cyril L]

three more in flower at the moment

Narcissus triandus from near Toledo
Narcissus rupicloa ssp watieri
Narcissus alpestris from Cerler

Tony, the N. alpestris is very appealing.  It seems quite short.  What is its height?

[Roma]

Thank you Rafa.  I thought it could be rupicola didn't think the corona was flat enough.  It must be very difficult when species grow together and have similar seed capsules to be sure which you are collecting.  Not to worry - any wild collected seed is exciting to see flower for the first time.  There are more bulbs in the pot which will not flower this year so maybe there will be triandrus next year.

[Tony Willis]

Tony, the N. alpestris is very appealing.  It seems quite short.  What is its height?

15 cms ,slightly shorter than my MS form

[ian mcenery]

Nice alpestris Tony

Here is my N calcicola. Such a pretty plant and a gift from a friend

[Rafa]

spectacular plants Ian

[ian mcenery]

spectacular plants Ian

Thanks Rafa.  I always look forward to your posts of plants in the wild

[mark smyth]

The lovely Narcissus bugei. I'll have to get this twinscaled

[pehe]

The lovely Narcissus bugei. I'll have to get this twinscaled

Very nice Mark.

Here is a new one to me: Narcissus jacetanus

Poul

[mark smyth]

I hope to find Narcissus jacetanus for sale this year. I missed out last year

[David Nicholson]

Getting near to the end of my not very good Narcissus year-Narcissus primigenius

[Gerdk]

Here are Narcissus (bulbocodium) graellsii from the central part of Spain (Thanks to Rafa) and
Narcissus triandrus var. triandrus with a large corona

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

Narcissus 'Douglasbank'