Narcissus March 2007

[Anthony Darby]

Very nice Anthony but 2.5cm seems very wide for Narcissus cuatrecasassii.

Blanchard says "flowers 1 -2, usually soitary, 27 mm in diameter", which fits. He also says the "corona yellow, cup shaped, almost entire, often slightly incurved at margin, 6 mm hih, 10 mm diameter". Mine are 5 and 8 mm respectively. It is also slightly incurved as per description.

[hadacekf]

Narcissus cuatrecasassii, the flower is normally 2,7 cm in diameter but Narcissus cuatrecasassii var. segimonensis is a higher altitude variety. It tending to have smaller more drooping flowers.
Narcissus cuatrecasassii var. segimonensis

[Anthony Darby]

I have two buds on my Narcissus scaberulus, which is seriously small flowered.

[mark smyth]

Although this Narcissus 'Trena' isnt a small , yet classed a dwarf at over 12 inches 32cm, I have added it to my garden because of it's beauty. I've just check Daff Seek http://daffseek.org/ and see one of the parents is good ole N. cyclamineous.

Checking Daff Seek for 'Fairy Gold' it says the petals should be signifficantly reflexed. I wouldnt call this significant

[Maggi Young]

'Trena' is lovely, Mark.

You've got some nasty looking  brown bits on the foliage of your insignificantly relexed 'Fairy Gold'.... not this stagonospora thing, is it?

[mark smyth]

hey! I'm working! hehe

You got me scared. Those are battered Muscari leaves that didnt die down over the winter

[Lesley Cox]

That's what I was trying to think of as a possible cause of nasttistuff on Tony G's Sternbergia sick-ula in another thread (?).  As is frequently the case, I am having senior moments today. Went to the post office in Mosgiel a short time ago and when I came out, couldn't for the life of me remember where I'd left the car. Took 10 mins before the penny dropped.

[mark smyth]

hot off the press before I dash for work. Taken this morning
Narcissus 'Duiker'
N. 'Englander'
N. 'Queen Anne's Double'
N. 'Fuco'
N. 'Fuco'

[Paddy Tobin]

Oh, I like that N. fuco, lovely creamy colour, nice.

But why should I pass by N. eyetennensis as if it didn't matter? Well, like many of us, I suppose, the one which isn't in the garden always catches the eye and attracts attention.

Lovely daffodils, Mark.

Lesley, whatever about 'senior moments', you are not to forget the cake.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

of course you are right. 'Fuco' is on the list for getting twinscaled this year. I like the yellow base to the petals

[annew]

Here are 4 that are new to me. I especially like Rosaline Murphy at 8cm high. Next is x rupacycla Mortie - the flower is about 2.5 cm across, but the stem (at least under glass) rather too long in comparison at 13cm.

[annew]

Next is Picoblanco (I'm not sure it looks quite right - any thoughts?) Again rather too tall. THe flower is 4cm across, stem 20cm. Lastly is a beauty right in proportion, x johnstonii (now properly called x taitii). The flower is again about 4cm across but the stem shorter at 15cm.

[mark smyth]

all very nice. I  like the darker background for Narcissus. 'Pico' is tall in my garden too. I'll post a photo later

[Paddy Tobin]

Anne,

Four delightful daffodils, despite your reservations about proportions.

By the way, I ordered and received a pot of 'Julia Jane' the other night. There were two withered flowers still to be seen but I now have to wait a whole year to see if I have the real 'Julia Jane' a la your previous posting. Live in hope?

Paddy

[Lesley Cox]

I haven't forgotten Maggi's 1000th Paddy, but give me a few days. I'm snowed under at present by a thousand other things I should be doing.

Lovely daffs all.