Narcissus Early 2007 ( to February)

[annew]

They look great, Luc, but I think I would need to guard them against slugs all night if I tried them outside.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Ann - they're on a raised bed and so far (touching wood now !) I've never had any noticable slug damage on them.  Maybe our continental slugs enjoy a longer winter sleep than yours  (even in this "warm" winter)

[galanthophile]

Hello everyone, I have been admiring all of these wonderful narcissus species. This is my favourite - cyclamineus in one of my sinks.

[annew]

Beautiful, but not so easy to grow. However you seem to have found the knack!

[galanthophile]

Thanks Anne. I've had this bulb in a few different places believe it or not but this is the first year it has produced 2 flowers so it is obviously happy. I love it.

[Anthony Darby]

Narcissus (triandrus) pallidulus opened in the greenhouse today. One stem and one slightly twisted leaf (more pics later) on each of two flowering bulbs.

[Casalima]

My bulbocodiums starting to flower again, 4 years later. Hurrah for balconies that the sun actually shines on in the winter!

Chloë

[annew]

Here are a couple of narcissi giving me pleasure just now. The first is N. eugeniae, a large flower about 5cm across the petals on a 12 cm stalk.
The second is one of my crosses, triandrus x cyclamineus.

[David Nicholson]

Very pretty Anne.

[mark smyth]

the white one is the best to my eye

[Maggi Young]

N. eugeniae is a real charmer, Anne but your own babies are stunning, I love them. That Blue Peter moment, of one you made earlier, is hard to beat ,isn't it?


edit after Tony's post: re N. eugeniae the yellow form has wider leaves, does it not? I thought this might be a particular collection of this pale beauty.??

[tonyg]

Anne - is N Eugeniae always so pale?  What I have labelled as this is similar in shape but standard yellow.  I like yours, it seems almost white, like the pale colour of N alpestris.   Like Maggi I admire your hybrids, one day I'll get around to trying to make some crosses ... one day!

[Casalima]

I also love your triandrus x cyclamineus, Anne!

Chloë

[annew]

John Blanchard's book gives N eugeniae as 'medium yellow to pale straw, with a much darker yellow trumpet', so it would seem that mine is different. I'll check on the leaves when I brave the rain later on!

[John Forrest]

Anne, both of your Narcissi are lovely.

Here are a couple of mine to cheer us on a very dismal day in Blackpool.

N. cyclamineus, possibly my favourite daff.

Narcissus longispathus collected, so the label said from Gazelema Spain and bought at an AGS meeting. I hope that it meant that the seed was collected and not the bulbs but I couldn't find the vendor to check.

It is about 10cm tall at its first flowering for me but perhaps it will be taller in subsequent years as it grows a larger bulb.