Narcissus April to June 2009

[Roma]

Bright sunshine when I photographed Narcissus 'Van Sion yesterday so the pics did not show enough detail.  My lot seem fairly consistent with the splitting of the coronas slightly variable but this may be due to the age of the flowers. 

[mark smyth]

Here are some portraits from my collection prior to the drying winds
Emperor's Waltz - a miniature
asturiensis? Wavertree
Bambi
an Anne Wright baby cyclamineus x asturiensis
good ole Jetfire
dry bulbs bought as Mitzy

[Roma]

Another oldie flowering now.  The name 'Bacon and Eggs' comes to mind.  I did see it's proper name somewhere but didn't write it down so have forgotten.

[Roma]

Diane, I also have a flower on Narcissus triandrus (pallidulus) sown in January 2007.  The seed was from SRGC.  I see I had two lots of seed, one wild collected but am not sure which is flowering.  Will check the label tomorrow.

[johnw]

Bright sunshine when I photographed Narcissus 'Van Sion yesterday so the pics did not show enough detail.  My lot seem fairly consistent with the splitting of the coronas slightly variable but this may be due to the age of the flowers. 

You may be interested to know that 'Van Sion' is extremely vigorous in southern Nova Scotia and multiplies like mad.  It is mainly on the Acadian islands in the Yarmouth area known as Argyle.  It may very well have been brought to Nova Scotia in the 1600's by the original settlers.

johnw

[johnw]

Mark - You have a fantastic collection of Narcissus!

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

NN. triandrus ssp triandrus and bulbocodium citrinus are both brilliant sale plants because of their quick growth as well as their lovely appearance. I sell a lot of pots through a local outlet and nowadays I simply sow 4 or 5 seeds in each pot knowing that in about 2 and a half years I can sell them with 3 or 4 flowers in each pot. In the meantime, I just put them in a cool place and basically forget about them.

Have you ever had one flower in under 2 years, Lesley?

I don't think so Diane, the seasons would make it unlikely as I sow late summer/autumn (now in fact) and it generally germinates winter/spring, so, now I come to think of it, it flowers in about 2-2 and a quarter years from germinaton, 2 and a half from sowing.

[Gerdk]

If you are interested -
there are some Narcissus pics in Travel/Places to Visit -
E. Spain - some spring flowers in March (+ a few will follow)

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

One from the greenhouse today-Narcissus 'Fairy Chimes' from Anne's List.

[Maggi Young]

Assorted "daffs" around and about the place today.......
Narcissus 'Martinette' a tall yellow/orange jonquil hybrid with a heavenly scent. Flowers about 55mm  across


Narcissus baeticus ( Fern. Casas)  a synonym of assoanus Flowers about 20mm across


A batch of cute seedlings


A young jonquil, with a nearby tulip chum.


A little wildling type in the drive ... kept nice and short by the awful conditions.


Corydalis and Narcissus bulbocdium combination

[annew]

Great collection there Maggi, and nice combinations. I wonder if Roma's 'Bacon and eggs' (I'm suddenly hungry) could be a double poeticus? It's not like N poeticus flore pleno in Broadleigh's list though, which is all white.

[annew]

Just googled Narcissus bacon and eggs and came up with http://www.koanga.org.nz/perennials.html, which is quite different.

[WimB]

Some Narcissus from my garden (I never remember the different names)

[Tony Willis]

a couple more
Narcissis poeticus from Italy

and another Narcissus alpestris

[tonyg]

Tony are you growing N poeticus in a pot?  It is one of my absolute favourite bulbs, I remember it from childhood when it flourished on heavy clay in my parents garden.  I saw it at Cerler in huge quantities in (seasonally) wet ground.  The scent is the best!  It does not do so well in my sandy soil, at least the form I grow does not flower most years.  Perhaps I should move it into a sunnier (but therefore drier) spot?