Winter Narcissus - to early 2012

[ArnoldT]

Gerry:
It's only the first bloom on the plant. Last the first year I had it didn't bloom. Our weather has been 5 to 10 degrees above normal.

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus bulbocodium subsp. praecox var. paucinervis  Maire, in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 29 (6-7) 452 (1938)

[fermi de Sousa]

I've just recieved the latest catalogue from Glenbrook Bulb Farms (and have sent off my order!).
I'll try to scan it for anyone who wants a copy - just PM your e-mail address to me.
cheers
fermi

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus cantabricus eu-albidus
Narcissus bulbocodium OP 2519 BD
Narcissus assoanus minitus

[Gerry Webster]

Very nice Arnold.
Narcissus here are very poor this year. No flowers, few flowers or very small flowers - the combination of extreme cold last winter & a miserable, cool summer perhaps?

[ArnoldT]

This seems to be a good year.  I let them bake in the greenhouse all summer whee temps reached 110F at times.  I resisted the urge to give them a drink.

The temps here today are in the 50F's.  I used a hydroponic fertilizer after flowers faded, no other feeding.

[annew]

I can smell the scent from here 

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus bulbocodium selection OP 2519

[David Nicholson]

You're certainly having a good Daff year Arnold. Just like Gerry I'm having a terrible one so far.

[ArnoldT]

This one is from Brian Duncan potted up last year.  Our weather has been mild last two weeks.  Flowers fade rapidly.

[annew]

This is a nice little hybrid from 'Candlepower' x cyclamineus, like a miniature 'Jenny'. Also, a rogue seedling from the plunge showing the doubling of petals etc like in Ian's on the bulb log. I'll mark it as he has done to see what happens next year.

[Maggi Young]

Anne, that little one is very sweet. One you made earlier?

Your doubled hoop is a fun find at the same time as Ian's.... and it's a plunge seedling too?

[annew]

Yes, Maggi, I think it's its second flowering. There are other clones in the same pot that I'm looking forward to meeting.

[Maggi Young]

That's even more exciting. So much pleasure and anticipation from a pot of bulbs.

[Tim Ingram]

Love the hoop petticoats! Does anyone grow panizzianus? This was from Archibald seed and is always one of the earliest narcissi in the garden, though never making a grand show.