Narcissus March 2009 -

[Thomas Seiler]

Absolutely beautiful, Tony, thank you.
And Mark, your bicoloured narcissus is a beauty as well.

Here comes what I grow as Narcissus pseudonarcissus ... quite an ordinary thing ...

[Tony Willis]

Absolutely beautiful, Tony, thank you.
And Mark, your bicoloured narcissus is a beauty as well.

Here comes what I grow as Narcissus pseudonarcissus ... quite an ordinary thing ...

Thomas there is no such thing  as 'quite an ordinary thing' when it comes to flowers

[Gerry Webster]

Tony - that's a very beautiful Narcissus. Lucky you!

[annew]

Superb, Tony - and I like yours too Thomas.

[BULBISSIME]

Tony,

your Narcissus alpestris are splendid !!
I've never seen it in the wild but I really love this very special colour.

[Tony Willis]

Tony,

your Narcissus alpestris are splendid !!
I've never seen it in the wild but I really love this very special colour.

It is only just over the Pyrenees,can you not pop over and look at it?

[mark smyth]

hi Thomas!

Lesley the bicolored Narcissus is 15 inches 38cm

[Luc Gilgemyn]

My Narcissus alpestris. This is a cream coloured form from near Cerler.There have been discussions as to it being a separate species which clearly it is not,just a colour form. This was discussed in the AGS Journal vol 71 page 124.

Wonderful plant Tony !!!!

[annew]

OK Anne and Tony I'll go and rescue some more this weekend and also get some twinscaled. The garden has lots of the one shown, poeticus and lots of 'old' looking Narcissus with small cups. The sad thing is there are 100s of blind clumps

Is this the poeticus type you referred to, Mark? I love it - it's so graceful, though how it would stand up to the gales we have here just now I'm not sure.

[mark smyth]

I forgot about that one Anne. There are poeticus there also. I would love to try to organise people to do something about the garden. It was well maintained when I was pre or just into my teen. The Ash and sycamore really have to be removed and the knotweed.

[mark smyth]

Here's a low shot through Narcissus 'QueenW.P.kennellis' showing some other yellows in the garden just now

[annew]

Narcissus 'QueenW.P.kennellis'

[tonyg]

Sounds like my Nan trying to find the right name for the naughty grandchild ... JohnSteveChris

[mark smyth]

Yes Anne. I see very little or no difference between W. P. Milner, x kennellis and Queen of Spain.

The same goes for N. alpechatusbawn -moschatus, alpestris and Colleen Bawn

[annew]

Aaah!
I went up to our village shop today, which also rents out DVDs. When my husband came home, I said "Quantum of Solace is out" (a new movie), to which he replied "Is that a daffodil?".