Narcissus July 2019

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Winter is peak time for the hoop petticoat daffs in our garden.
Here's a new seedling which appeared this year with a wide bowl shaped corona
cheers
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Another new seedling - large flower but not well shaped 
cheers
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[Maggi Young]

First  flowers  can often be  a bit "wonky" fermi - let's see what it  does  in future years.

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Yes, Maggi,
I'll keep an eye on it and see if it does any better next year.
Here are a couple of Lawrence Trevanion's "Baby Talk" series of hoops
1 & 2) 'Untshen'
3 & 4) 'Quen Dor'
cheers
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Another of Lawrence's Baby Talk series Narcissus 'Nug Nutsch'
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Here's a new seedling.
Nothing special except it's an early flowering deep yellow! Usually yellows are later in the season,
cheers
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PS added another view taken today

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A very common tazetta here in Victoria is colloquially called "Straws".
According to Daffseek this is a synonym for 'Minor Monarque' though I'm not 100% convinced 
cheers
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[Maggi Young]

I love those  pale  tazettas!
What  are  the  spiny stems behind the early yellow  seedling? Some  sort  of  rose? (Clearly  in competition with Errol the  Echidna  for  spinyness!)

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Hi Maggi,
that tazetta, "Straws", is in great abundance around here! As Monty Python says "You'd better learn to like them, that's what I say" 
The spiny stems belong to Rosa rugosa 'Scabrosa' which unfortunately I allowed  to grow on its own roots and it has "run" right through this and other beds 
cheers
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Another one from Lawrence Trevanion: Narcissus "Winter Colours #2" (10YY) - one of a collection of hoops he was selling last season. I bought 10 but last year the slugs devoured most of the flowers! This one seems to have bulked up and is another early yellow hoop 
cheers
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Narcissus 'Viristar' (Hillstar x Emerald Sea) another one from Lawrence Trevanion.
One bulb planted in 2015 has clumped up nicely
cheers
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This green daffodil came into flower but I can't find a label!
Most likely to be one of Lawrence Trevanion's hybrids, possibly 'Virivest' ('Westholme' x N. viridiflorus)
cheers
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Narcissus 'Shattergreen' (N.fernandesii x N.viridiflorus) - another one from Lawrence!
cheers
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[bibliofloris]

I love those viridiflorus crosses, Fermi! Have you noticed if any of them are fragrant?
Kelly

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This is an unusual hoop petticoat daff with petals longer than the cup - can a Div 10 also be a Div 2?
I think it might be a seedling of 'Ianmon' (another of Rod Barwick's Little Detective series) which is close by

"Redesdale Star" (working title ) is back with two flowers this year,
cheers
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