Winter Narcissus - to early 2012

[annew]

A great favourite, Thomas.

[Thomas Seiler]

But terribly slow to increase. Just one flower, but at least three bulbs this year. So maybe next year ...

[Thomas Seiler]

It took many years to establish Narcissus pseudonarcissus. But now it is seeding around slowly and a great pleasure when the snowdrops between are fading away.

[David Nicholson]

Narcissus nevadensis. This one from Rannveig Wallis' List in 2008-so it's slow to bulk up!

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus nevadensis. This one from Rannveig Wallis' List in 2008-so it's slow to bulk up!

 Aha! So not just slow here then! It is so reluctant to increase.

[ashley]

Seed David, seed
(but slow that way too to be honest)

[Lesley Cox]

I find it slow to increase too, maybe 8 bulbs from the original 6 seedlings grown in 1997 but I have had a few small batches of seed over that time. After the NZAGS mid-term conference in the summer of 1995-6, Peter Erskine and others from the UK visited my little nursery on their way to Dunedin airport. Later Peter sent a parcel of seeds and they included N. nevadensis and Trillium hibbersonii among other good things. The trillium has been replaced by its own seedlings a couple of times but I'm happy that it still persists as does the Narcissus.

The most exciting plant I had in flower at the time was Gentiana amoena, which I have since lost.

[Rafa]

some narcissus in the garden, don't pay too much attention to the names of the photos, because with so many names dancing about, some might currently be wrongly labelled

[fermi de Sousa]

Our first narcissus for the year, Narcissus viridiflorus
[note to self remember to save some pollen this time!]
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

I have seedlings. Six years to go.

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus bulbocodium

A trade form of unknown provenance, received as N. bulbocodium var. tenuifolius, a name which Kew does not accept; they regard it as merely a form of N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium.

Compare this with David’s plant of the same name, reply no. 424 above.

[zvone]

Naughty Google then...I'll put the extra M back in.

...and an extra L too, Anne    willkommii

A beautiful classic daffodil Zvone.

Thank's  Anne!



Best Regards!   zvone

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus x jonquilla

Received as N. ‘April Tears’ from a well known UK supplier of wrongly named bulbs.
It is clearly a jonquil, pehaps the  common & cheap cv ‘Baby Moon (N. jonquilla x N. jonquilla minor). Whatever its identity it is vigorous, floriferous & deliciously scented. About 22cm tall.

[David Nicholson]

Certainly has a look of 'Baby Moon' about it Gerry.

Possibly the last two of mine for this season, both from Anne's List:-

Narcissus 'Fairy Chimes' from 2008
N. 'Segovia' from 2011

[annew]

I'm going to have to pay you a commission, David!
Here's a not-quite-so-tiny new hybrid. I think it might be a nice one for the rock garden.