Narcissus hardiness

[gote]

I have never been able to overwinter any of the hoops outside near Oerebro
The other small ones may survive a year or two but not for long.
I think the climatic difference between the Iberian peninsula and Sweden is too great.
I suggest pot culture but it is difficult because of the low levels of light here.
Göte.

PS
I, or rather my wife, found an N. assoanus in the gravel of a path.
I have no idea how it got there it must have seeded.   

[Lars S]

OK Göte, thank´s

With my limited experience so far it seems as though the rupicolas and bulbocodiums are hardy enough if grown in a glass house. I haven´t tried them outside yet. I remember Henrik Zetterlund of the Göteborg botanical garden saying once that he thought that N roumiexii was pretty hardy. The problem with daylight being scarce in autumn and winter still remains I suppose. Maybe its possible to find some selections that bloom a bit later in the year ... I am also going to try N triandrus "Angels tears" and N cyclamineus in pots this winter.

Funny with your N assoanus Göte. Sometimes it seems that seeds that "escape" works best.

Yes Maggi, I also think it is a pity that these narcissi are not grown more. In Sweden you won´t anything
a apart from the standard trumpet cultivars in the garden centers.

Lars

[David Shaw]

I think that the 'hoops' are generally hardy enough to grow outside here but so far I have not tried this because I can't provide a long dry spell for them .