The name N. deficiens is sometimes used for N. miniatus. It is derived from an old description of a Narcissus that flowered in cultivation that did not have a corona but instead a brown smudge at the edge of the…
Narcissus deficiens?
Author: Harold Koopowitz, California
Southern Calif
The saga of an interesting autumn bloomer
Back in 2001 I placed pollen of John Hunter’s Emerald Sea onto a flower of N. cavanillesii. Eventually a plant from the cross flowered and then did so for several years until the pot it was in was misplaced and…
‘Verdant Sparks’
My stocks of ‘Verdant Sparks’ have multiplied satisfactorily. It was down to only a couple of bulbs a few years ago. Here is the row today with masses of the little green flowers. For me the fragrance is too strong…
Names of autumn daffodils.
I see that the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at the Royal Botanic Gardens: Kew now accepts our usage of the names, for both Narcissus miniatus and Narcissus obsoletus. Narcissus elegans is relegated to a synonym of Narcissus obsoletus. Sorry Brian…
The Colors of Green Daffodils.
One of the things we have learned after several generations of daffodil breeding with N. viridiflorus in the background is that there can be many shades and colors of green – ranging from yellow-greens to blue-greens and even grey-greens. The…
Some autumn daffodils currently in bloom.
Here are a series of daffs that are blooming now in my garden. Img 5903 25 This is N. x perezlarae. Img 5900 24 N. obsoletus. Img 5904 23 N. broussonettii Img 5907 24 N. x alleniae from Theo Sander’s…