Two double narcissus poeticus too

 

Thanks to everyone for answers! Attached are two more pictures with “The 1930’s”, possibly Spalding form to the left, and the “Traditional”, possibly Tamar Vally form, to the right.

Sometimes the “1930s” appear with claw-like reduced central petals. Then the flower appears almost like a single. I think you can see one of these to the left in both pictures.

Greetings from a cold June so far in Norway,
Mari

Mari Marstein Konservator Gamle Hvam museum,
 Store-Hvamsvegen 26, 2165 Hvam Tel: 46 54 42 48
 http://www.akersmus.no/gamlehvam

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1 comment for “Two double narcissus poeticus too

  1. Doubling in flowers can be a pretty unstable state, and the amount of doubling in daffs can be quite variable.  I think it often depends on growing conditions.  Here, we find a balanced fertiliser, such as Vitax Q4, which contains a greater range of elements than just NPK, gives good results… .  And then there’s the rain… well, usually… .

    To answer Drew’s point, yes, I wouldn’t be at all surprised that the “Spalding Double” is derived from var. recurvus.  To be cheeky I would have to say that we don’t have any depauperate double whites to confirm this, though.

    I suspect that “Spalding Double” is slightly more vigorous and floriferous than the “Tamar Double”, but that might be because it is better able to adapt to growing conditions throughout the U.K., having originated in a climatically less favoured area.Incidentally, I don’t think these are really valid epithets: they were a device to distinguish the two types in the U.K. cutflower trade.  I wouldn’t be at all surprised if different “local” epithets cropped up in other countries.

    All the best,

    Kate

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