Narcissus in April 2007

[mark smyth]

This is how it should be as seen at a daff show a couple of weeks ago. How many did the shower grow to get one like this!?

[Lesley Cox]

Nice seedlings Susan.

`Tete-a-Tete' is always first to flower here, by 2 or 3 weeks. (Apart from the winter flowering romieuxii forms of course and Nylon and Cedric Morris and..)The first of the really SPRING flowering vars.

[Lesley Cox]

That one's spot on Mark.

[david m]

I have  a large patch of what I bought many years ago as 2Tete aTete2 which are the same as Franz's and flower in late February and last about a month.
They have never set seed even after my efforts to pollinate them.
Is this a trait of Tete a Tete?

[mark smyth]

According to Daffseek both seeds and pollen are fertile

[Paddy Tobin]

Franz,

Narcissus Tete-a-Tete is the most numerous narcissus in  my garden, the one which I use as my 'background' daffodil, planted simply for large group colour impact. I find there is a wide range of variation in my groups of Tete-a-Tete. Some are as low as 15cm while others are as high as 45. Likewise, there is considerable variation regarding the number of flowers per stalk; two is normal but there are many with only one.

It seems to be a variable plant but one which still serves the garden very well.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

Paddy can you beat this? This is a field of Tete-a-Tete in Holland

By kind permission of Jan Pennings

[Maggi Young]

This is a field of Tete-a-Tete in Holland

If someone discovered this field full in the wild, they would write a report saying the plants were 'locally plentiful', wouldn't they? Nice sun, too!!

[David Nicholson]

All those, and the bag I bought from the garden centre marked as having been grown in Holland were anything but Tete-a-Tete!

[hadacekf]

Thanks, all, for the comments. Since Narcissus Tete a Tete should have 2 – 3 flowers per stem is my Narcissus with one flower not a Tete a Tete.
The same Narcissi in my garden

[mark smyth]

Franz join the club! Out of interest I'll go through mine tomorrow to see how many flowers there were in both groups I have

[Rafa]

Hello,

My friend Teo and I have discovered this year two new populations of Narcissus assoanus in our region.
Here some pictures. I have also visited Narcissus calcicarpetanus (actually, Narcissus confusus)

[Paddy Tobin]

Rafa,

Great to see you post again and good to read that you have discovered another interesting population.

Many thanks for the photographs.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

A few narcissus cultivars from the garden.


N. bulbocodium 'C. Greenfield Late'
Ditto
N. 'Colleen Bawn'
N. X intermedius
N. 'Minnow'
N. 'Pacific Coast'
N. 'Pipit'
N. X intermedius

[Paddy Tobin]

And a few more narcissus.

N. triandrus triandrus
N. triandrus 'Lemon Drops'
N. watieri


Paddy