Information and photos of wild narcissus species.
I have been line breeding N. miniatus through several generations trying to make ever more rounded flowers. They are just starting to bloom now. When they appear I know that the daffodil season has started. There should be even rounder…
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…
This N. pseudonarcissus ‘Star de Wallonie’ without crown has been found by Ruben Billiet and Olivier Vico in the region near Tournai (Belgium) and is fertile. The pictures are not from me but published on www.passionforbulbs.be. Species without or…
I was interested in Theo Sanders piece about tetraploid N. b. graellsii crossing with standard daffodils. I wonder if he means all graellsii are tetra ploid or just the larger more robust clones? I tried these crosses for many years,…
Intersectional Hybrid – last year in Portugal.
some early bloomers opening here in South Carolina! Psuedonarcissus: Maybe butter and eggs? Tete a Tete: Narcissus tazetta from Crete: