Author: Will Dewees, Ohio

Any suggestions?

A Chinese friend in the shui xian hua, Chinese sacred lily, growing region of Fujian on China’s southeast coast is looking for information. “I wonder wether you know some specialist and researcher of new narcissus variety breeding or not, especially in…

Chinese shui xian hua offsets

Hey daffnetters, I have about 100 Chinese shui xian hua offsets, tazetta N. Ruen (or chinensis) from Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China, to give away.  Let me know your shipping address, how many you want some, and send me the cost…

looking for bulbs

I have a friend in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, who’s working on his PhD at the agricultural university here.  Zhangzhou is the home of the tazetta shui xian hua, the “water spirit flower” litterally translated, the Chinese sacred lily, N. Chinensis…

Chinese shui xian hua

I have quite a few off-sets from the Chinese sacred lily, shui xian hua, narcissus tazetta Chinensis or Ruen I import and sell. They will grow and naturalize in the climate of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, comparable to most of zones 9…

effects of smoke on daffodil and lycoris blooming

The Chinese shui xian hua, “sacred lily,” is treated with smoke to change blooming, and I remember coming across a reference to smoke treatment of tazettas in Britain.  Can you give me a reference to smoke treatment for tazettas and…