Narcissus March 2007

[tonyg]

And this one stayed at home
Narcissus cuatrecasasii var segimonensis - larger and more upright than the plants in the previous post.

[mark smyth]

All very cute. Thanks Tony

[Lesley Cox]

Some information please Tony about N. dubius.

[Anthony Darby]

I think the narcissus I have in the trough is Narcissus minor? N. dubius is found into France (Pyrenees) and I'm finding it very difficult to please.

[tonyg]

Lesley - Narcissus dubius.  I've consulted my copy of John Blanchards book 'Narcissus'.  Here is the distilled wisdom.  It is in Section Tazetta, the smallest plant in the section, 15-25cm high with flat, glaucous leaves.  Chromosome analysis suggests that it originated as a hybrid between N papyraceus and N assoanus.  This would have been a very long time ago as the plant we grow today breeds true from seed and thus has status as a true species.  JB suggests it might belong in its own subsection, dubii.  Native to S coastal France and down E coast of Spain.  (Perhaps not Pyrenees, except eastern coastal end of same.)  Grows among limestone rocks in exposed places.  In cultivation needs a good bake in summer to flower well.
I grow it in a greenhouse with the winter flowering narcissi from section bulbocodium.  It gets much hotter here in summer than it would in my cold frames where the other narcissus live.  (It probably gets much hotter down here in S UK than it does in Tony Darbys neck of the woods.)

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Tony, exactly what I wanted. I've not come across it before but will certainly grow it if I get a chance. It looks delightful.

[Armin]

pix from my garden.
The N. seedling is the first time in flower after 4years and in full bloom 12cm in diameter. The largest ever in my garden...
It grows between my rose bed.
One parent is likely "Carlton" growing close...

[Armin]

more pix...
N.x odorus: a few open yet but many leaves and buds

[Joakim B]

Nice narcissus every one.
I just have 3 to show at the moment but there are buds at the balcony so hopefully there will be more.
One is a comon tete a tet that is only 3cm high. That was done by not whtering the plant pot for a long time. Maby a treatment that should not be recomended.
The second is from my mother in laws place similar to n. poetica but with bigger "trumpet" and more orange.
The third was what have bloomed (so far) from mixed narcissus pack from a gardencenter.

[mark smyth]

I was at a daffodil show last Saturday. Do you want to see big blousy daffs?

[Joakim B]

Yes Mark I would like to see them 
I like big flowers that are almost vulgar, maybe not a Rockie at heart then but I am happy anyway 

[Maggi Young]

Yes, go on, Mark... it'll make us realise why exactly we prefer the little cute ones!

[mark smyth]

I may have said this before but the daff breeders are trying to breed split corona miniatures and various coloured trumpets. Included here are some miniatures

[mark smyth]

The one named after an Italian dessert is ? I forgot to take a photo of it's name tag

[mark smyth]

and a few more named but in my excitement I forgot to take a photo of the label