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JJA 339.701 : Crocus adanensis * Turkey, Adana, NE of Duzice. Ex a N. Stevens coll.(Pale lilac-blue with a white throat, in spring. Related to C. biflorus & only found in this very small area but not too difficult to grow.).Sowing: Feb. 2010Germinating: Feb. 2011First blooming: Jan. 2015Pictures taken: 31 Jan. 2015
702.305 : Narcissus minorPictures : 10 Feb. 2017
JJA 702.305 : Narcissus minorSpain, Leon, La Pola de Gordón. 1300m.(A wild collection from NW Spain of this obscure dwarf, yellow trumpet-daffodil. While it is of debatable botanical delineation, it is always, in the opinion of John Blanchard, “a highly desirable garden plant” which does well outside in the UK. Usually a little more robust and later-flowering than N. asturiensis, though the early-flowering clone ‘Cedric Morris’ is thought to be a variant of this species.)Sowing: Feb. 2008Germinating: not recordedFirst blooming: Feb. 2014Pictures were taken 26 Jan. 2015
Another fine plant from JJA seed - grown by Tatsuo Yamanaka (from Shizuoka, by the Pacific coast, central part of main island, Japan)Narcissus papyraceus JJA 702.720
694.100 : NARCISSUS ATLANTICUS * Morocco, High Atlas, above Amizmiz. 2000m. Among scrub, in soft, moist loam. Ex the 1936, E.K. Balls type coll. (A very local plant in the wild &, after almost 70 years, still rare in cultivation, where it is by no means easy to grow. Sweetly scented, creamy white jonquils carried singly on 15cm. stems. Distinct from the N. rupicola group in its deeper, cup-shaped corona & in the arrangement of the anthers.)