Narcissus January 2008

[tonyg]

My var occidentale is flowering now but then you still get winter up in Aberdeen ... I believe we are going to get a taste of it for 48 hours or so this weekend, then it will be back to aphid encouraging, cutworm fattening mild again .

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Tony G - What an amazing potfull !  Gorgeous.

[Tony Willis]

Tony

lovely pot to see. I do not do well with these types here it is to wet and mild.They just slowly fade away  taking years of effort never to see a flower.Nice to enjoy other peoples and concentrate on the bigger late spring ones

[annew]

Lovely potful, Tony G, and Tony W I love your Narcissus longispathus, the curling of the petals and trumpet is very individual.

[Lvandelft]

Most of my 'winter narcissus' are poor on flowers this year after the hot spring last year.  This potful must have been under the hole in the roof ( ) ... or something, because they are as magnificent as ever. 

A very beautiful potful, Tony!
But do you mean your winter-narcissus do not flower so good because of too much heat?
In that case Gerd and I would have to start our discussion about this again.   

[Martin Baxendale]

From the sound of it, I think Tony must have had the same problem  with his winter-flowering narcissus as I had with my snowdrops during the incredibly hot Spring weather last year - bulbs dying down very early before managing to build up enough reserves to flower this year.

In my garden, where snowdrop leaves shrivelled in the heat last spring, I now have only about half the number of flowers I should, some normally free-flowering clumps have no flowers at all, and many bulbs that are flowering have gone down in size so much that the flowers are half the size they were last year. Same story with many of the crocus.

[Paul T]

Spring heat too early..... welcome to my world of Crocus the last few years!! <sigh>  We've had a hot spell in October or so each year for the last few years which has put things into dormancy far too early, pushing the Crocus to make lots of small ones instead of large ones etc.  Frustrating as anything!!   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Time for some more flowers :

1) Narcissus cantabricus monophyllus
2) Narcisses cantabricus ssp cantabricus

[annew]

Beautiful, Luc.

[David Nicholson]

Really lovely Luc.

[Rafa]

Beautiful N. cantabricus Luc,

This is another Gerd gift (he is like a Santa Claus)

[Maggi Young]

Friends, I have moved the posts about narcissus fly to a new page in Bulbs General: Bulb Pests
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1310.msg30040#msg30040

[dominique]

fine pic Rafa  What is the characteristics of Narcissus bugei in the pseudonarcissus section ? Do you know where I can consult the taxonomy and identification keys of the genus Narcissus with species, subspecies and varieties ? Thanks Rafa

[Maggi Young]

Dominique... this page is the beginning for many pages of Narcissus information... search here for lots to help you ......
http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registerpages/intro.asp   .... for such as:
Horticultural classification http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registerpages/daff6.asp

Botanical classification http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registerpages/documents/daffclass08.pdf

[mark smyth]

Very nice N. bugei. It's been on my wants list for years after seeing it at Brian Duncan's.

Here are a couple from my garden. So many are now in bud that I think they will be long over when Narcissus time comes around