Winter Narcissus - to early 2012

[David Nicholson]

Nice example John.

I did wonder whether to bother posting these (and especially so in view of Ian McEnery's lovely pot of Narcissus jonquilla var henrichesii a couple of days ago) but since both show my ability to grow leaves and not flowers and the henriquesii shows I have a contented snail somewhere in the greenhouse and I can't find it, I decided I would.

Narcissus 'Small Talk' bought last autumn and seven bulbs in the pot. One in flower, one to come!
N. jonquilla var. henriquesii, fodder for a contented snail and lotsa leaves.

[YT]

David and Gerry, thanks

John, nice one   Is Narcissus 'Flashback' larger and more robust than cyclamineus species? Looks very similar for me in the picture.

A Narcissus romieuxii with almost flat disk, selected from seedlings. We had a bit chilly winter (min. -4c ) here and blooming time of this plant is almost a month later than the last season.

[ronm]

I really like that one YT, . Everyones tastes are different, but that's my type of Narcissus. 

[YT]

Thank you, Ron Me too The seeds were from Germany. I've already done self pollination on this flower yet

[johnw]

John, nice one   Is Narcissus 'Flashback' larger and more robust than cyclamineus species? Looks very similar for me in the picture.

Tatsuo - As mentioned Flashback's flower is 1/4 larger than cyclamineus. The leaves are much stouter and taller.  It has not been terribly vigorous for me but my mix may not have been to its liking.  It may prove to be easier to grow but lacks the magic of the species itself.

Very nice flat disc romeiuxii.

johnw 

[YT]

John, thank you very much for your further information I did not read your earlyer post, sorry for bother you
Sounds good for naturalising because cyclamineus species seems too small and delicate to survive in my garden. I'll look for and try this vigorous one

[annew]

Some great posts, everyone. Rafa, it's very good to see these in the wild.

[mark smyth]

Two more pots of mini trumpets open today. I'll have something for the N Ireland Daffodil Group winter show this Sunday

[Rafa]

Sorry for this bad picture, it is only to show this bulbocodium, wich is the talest one I ever seen 21cm. Two erect leaves per bulb 23cm long, green and glossy. Not far from them grown another species very close to subsp. nivalis.

[YT]

What a huge one, Rafa Is the flower size also larger than the normal one?

[Rafa]

The flowers are quite big, without scent, but not so big than N. obesus.

[Michael J Campbell]

Rafa I was just going to ask if you knew  what this one was, most of the flowers are 30cm and the tall ones 40cm. It is a seedling growing in the middle of a Dianthus,so I cant move it.

[annew]

It's very happy, whatever it is!

[YT]

Thank you, Rafa I suppose its flower stems must be firm because they stand alone even holding larger sized flowers at the top of the tall stems.

A nice big one, Michael

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus calcicola
Narcissus cantabricus clusii petunoid