early narcissus

[robsorchids]

today at one of the clients gardens that i work in i noticed a clump of daffs that were in full leaf, i think they are large trumpet hybrids.

i was very suprised to see daffodils up so early, my boss said that this clump that i pointed out does the same each season, allways comes up in october without fail.

oddly it flowers at the same time as the others in march!

explanation? not sure, but i do wonder if it could be a very unusual mutant, considering it does the same each season i dont think its just a seasonal one off.

its just the one clump that does this, completley seperate from the others in the bed, although the others are peeping through the soil too!

i have a few miniature species narcissus that are in leaf in the glasshouse, i wonder if they are connected at all? i.e are there any cultivars/hybrids known to come into leaf so early?

bye
rob

[art600]

Much earlier than last year is this Narcissus 'Camoro'.  There are 12 buds on 15 bulbs

[art600]

Rob

'Camoro' is a hybrid between N. cantabricus monophyllus and N. romieuxii.

[Maggi Young]

Arthur, can I ask you to keep a note of what height the 'Camoros' reac when they are all in full flower? I suspect that with the different light levels with you they will keep much neater than they do up here, where, though very lovely, they do tend to get a bit too tall 

[art600]

Maggi

The original bulbs were from Ian Christie.  I will note their progress and report later 

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Arthur.
 It's great to have these flowers so early, isn't it? And they last for AGES, too, which is even better!

[Anthony Darby]

I don't have 'Comoro' but I do have some romieuxii which will open before the end of October. A first for me. The only difference is this pot was sun-baked in my classroom window and labelled serotinus Goodness knows why!

[Paul T]

Anthony,

N. bulbocodium serotinus has a last flower hanging on for me here (southern hemisphere of course).  Usually the last hoop petticoat to open for me.

[mark smyth]

Anthony do you bring your plants to skool for you or the children

[Michael J Campbell]

My Romieuxii opened their first flowers yesterday, have not been in the greenhouse today to check on their progress because of the weather.

[annew]

My first flowers always come on the self-sown seedlings in the plunge because, I think, this gets watered when I resettle the pots in after repotting, whereas the pots don't get watered until September. The first was a romieuxii type, and yesterday this N. cantabricus foliosus type opened.

[David Nicholson]

I have a couple of pots of Narcissus romieuxii mesatlanticus in bud. If it wasn't pouring down here I might check if I had any opened.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's my mislabelled plant.

[David Nicholson]

Here are a couple of pics of my Narcissus romiexii var. mesatlanticus. These were from Ian and Maggi in 2007 and flowering for me for the first time.

[tonyg]

Very interesting to see these early flowers. I have had them in flower in early November in the past but kept them dry much longer this year so they are a long way off flowering at present.