Narcissus August 2021

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To start the last month of winter here's a seedling raised from 'Julia Jane'.
Not quite the same and quite a wide corona at 5cm across,
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Narcissus 8WY - a hybrid tazetta I got from Ian Dyson, a daffodil breeder who sadly died a few years ago,
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Some seedling hoops in the garden:
1) some lemon hoops
2) Narcissus seedling hoop #2
3 & 4) Narcissus seedling hoop #3
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Narcissus 'Mondieu' a Narcissus romieuxii selection made by Rod Barwick at Gelnbrook Bulb Farm in Tasmania,
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Narcissus 'Golden Rain', a double tazetta,
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Two from Lawrence Trevanion:
1) Narcissus 'Gold Step' ('Alfriston' x N. bulbocodium)
2) seedlings of 'Gold Step' which Lawrence calls "Steplings"
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Narcissus 'Princeps' - 1WY - on first openning
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Narcissus 'Bittern' (12 Y-O, 'Matador' x N. cyclamineus, raised by Grant E. Mitsch)
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Narcissus 'Rapture'
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A miniature trumpet from Keira Bulbs just under their number KB-N-Dec-1W-Y-1-18
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Narcissus KB-M-20-03
A micro-mini from Keira Bulbs
The third pic shows it compared to the previous mini-daff
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Narcissus 'Golden Rain', a double tazetta,
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Only saw once in the wild a double form, very rare.

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Only saw once in the wild a double form, very rare.

The tendency for doubling is obviously built in because look what I found in one of the N. bulbocodium hybrids!
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Narcissus hispanicus - obtained from Glenbrook Bulb Farm many years ago.
I received 2 bulbs and it seems that they are two different clones, one taller than the other but otherwise very similar,
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Narcissus 'Taztep' - a hybrid tazetta from Lawrence Trevanion,
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