Narcissus fairy gold

[Phill]

Does anybody know of a commercial source for this delightful little Narcissus?

[bulborum]

It's January
try it in August again

Roland

[Gerry Webster]

Does anybody know of a commercial source for this delightful little Narcissus?

Try Anne Wright when her new list comes out - about June:

http://www.dryad-home.co.uk

There are photos on her 'gallery'.

[Phill]

Thanks very much gents.
All the best,
Phill Austen.

[mark smyth]

I think Anne got it from me. No commercial outlets. Sadly the breeder/finder passed on last year

[annew]

Alas, I only have a few bulbs so far, so it won't be in my list for a couple of years.
Unfortunately, inclusion in my gallery photos is not an indication of availability (if only...) Worth asking though.

[mark smyth]

I need to chip or twinscale all of mine. Bloomin Narcissus fly got some of mine last year

[Martin Baxendale]

With me Fairy Gold seems rather prone to rot. I got it from Avon Bulbs some years ago and built it up into a nice clump which then went right back due to rot. I chipped the surviving bulbs but the resulting small bulblets also seem to be prone to rotting, so that I now only have a handful of little ones growing on.

[mark smyth]

Think maybe I'lll also try some in the garden

[bulborum]

Martin

I thought that Narcissus fairy gold was  a N. cyclamineus hybrid
then I can't imagine that moisture is the problem
they like a little moisture spot

Roland

[Phill]

I had it for five years before taking advice to plant deeper (it was not increasing with any enthusiasm) and that was the last that I saw of it! I greatly regret losing this dainty little cultivar, and I would like the oportunity to try again. Does anybody know of other potential sources?
Phill.

[David Nicholson]

Think maybe I'lll also try some in the garden

Is the pic on Daffseek not of your plants.

[bulborum]

Narcissus cyclamineus grown from seed here in the garden
grows only a few cm deep

Roland

[mark smyth]

Yes David

[Lesley Cox]

A different sort of query please.

I have a little daffodil of my own (below) which I want to register. Yes, there are others very like it but it's great difference is that it is so prolific. One of a batch of seedlings from 'Gambas,' all flowered with either 'Gambas'-like flowers or similar to this one, but in their second year, made another flower or occasionally two. This one made 7 flowers on its second flowering and when I lifted it, it divided into 7 good bulbs all of which grew on and multiplied and flowered again the following year. Of course the bulbs can be chipped but I think this natural vigour is worth encouraging so I would like to register and name it.

Every name I've thought appropriate seems to be used already so short of 'Bonnie Lesley' which I can't see as a used name, but seems a bit boastful, I'm thinking of using my mother's name, Alison. There are other Alisons but not on its own so far as I can see. I must admit to finding Daffseek rather a mountain to be climbed, and I haven't the nouse to go there, so - can anyone tell me, is the name 'Alison' already used for a Narcissus? If it is I can try Alison Barron or Alison Edgar, (Ma's maiden name) or even Alison May (her second name), but I like the single word.

Yours in the post today Anne.