Narcissus January 2016

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus cantabricus J.W. Blanchard 8820

Whiter than white!

[LucS]

The first narcissus asturiensis flower in the rockgarden.

[annew]

Great to see these, Yann and Luc.

[YT]

Narcissus bulbocodium var. conspicuus
Narcissus ‘Don Stead’ from Aberdeen

[annew]

I don't think Don Stead was never that compact in Aberdeen, or Yorkshire!
Two small trumpets, just about the earliest with me.
The first is from Bowles Early Sulphur crossed with a seedling from Candlepower x cyclamineus
The next is from N. cyclamineus x Gipsy Queen. The labels are standard 4" ones for scale.

[Maggi Young]

I think you're right there, Anne - 'Don Stead' tends to be a pretty neat grower but, as usual, Tatsuo has us beaten!

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus romieuxii var. mesatlanticus

[annew]

I think you're right there, Anne - 'Don Stead' tends to be a pretty neat grower but, as usual, Tatsuo has us beaten!

It looks fabulous, doesn't it!
A nice flower, Arnold 

[ArnoldT]

Thanks Anne.

I'm not sure this is the correct name.  Some of the N. romieuxii var. mesatlanticus images I've seen show the flower as being much more white than yellow.

[annew]

Mine were all yellow.

[Ian Y]

Here is what we grow as Narcissus romieuxii mesatlanticus - not pure white but not yellow either.

[Matt T]

I have mesatlanticus from 2 or three sources, and they all open perhaps a shade lighter than Arnold's and end up fading to the same colour as Ian's.

[ArnoldT]

Thanks everyone.

Mine came from a reliable source. 

Nancy Wilson in California.  A Narcissus grower fro many years.

[johnstephen29]

Narcissus Hispanicus, bought from Anne back end of last year in flower now.

[annew]

That's early!
Some flowering now here, sister seedlings.