NARCISSUS 2025

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Not finished yet! I chipped A LOT of things in 2022, which are just now making nice potfuls 
Customer-favourite cyclamineus hybrids are not forgotten in our debutantes:
BABY GANNET 6 W-W/Y
Bred From Snipe x Candlepower, Baby Gannet is named for similarity of the colouring of the corona to that of a gannet, grading gradually from lemon at the mouth to white at the base. The perianth is gracefully reflexed, overlapping at the base, while the corona flares gently to a frill at the mouth. Flowering at only 14cm high, it is small enough for miniature classes, and as a bonus, has a light, fresh scent.
POLAR WIND 6 W-W
Bred from Mitzy x Keira hybrid KB-M-1-2007, this is a favourite here for its strongly swept back, sharply pointed perianth. Flowering at 12cm high, it usually opens straight away as a clean white colour, and the long, straight corona is expanded at the mouth into jagged lobes. The whole spiky effect suggested an icy name! I need to bulk this up another year before I can offer any.
LITTLE ENGLAND 6 Y-Y
Bred from ‘Englander’ × Kiera hybrid KB/M/1/98, this elegant cyclamineus hybrid is shorter at 15cm high than its mother, the perianth is more gently reflexed, and the corona longer and gradually expanded towards the flared mouth. As the bright yellow flowers expand, they rise above the erect leaves. At 60mm wide across the spread perianth, it is too large to show as a miniature.

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FINALLY! Our new daffodils are completed by two eye-opening little seedlings:
RE-ENTRY 7 Y-Y
This selection from N. rupicola never fails to make me smile when it ‘does its thing’ imitating a space capsule re-entering the atmosphere, with the fiery trail flaring back from the point of entry. Although not all flowers will perform in a given year, when they do they are remarkable for the reflexed perianth AND corona, in the species’ brightest yellow and with one of my favourite daffodil perfumes. The precision of the six-lobed corona and delicately mucronate perianth tips is appealing even in the unreflexed form. This is definitely one to watch once the buds start to appear.
Last but definitely not least - REET PETITE 6 W-Y
Some of you will know our little Sweet Petite, a customer favourite. When I showed a friend its sister, he laughingly said "So that one is Reet Petite?" The name stuck. So here she is, and in the immortal words of Jackie Wilson, “Rrrrr Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet”.
While Sweet Petite is demure and unassuming, Reet Petite is more like a show-girl, with her ample perianth flung back and flamboyantly frilled corona. Shy and retiring she is not!
Perfectly miniature and in proportion (I hesitate to mention vital statistics at this point), she will not be ignored on the showbench. Along with her looks, there is the rich perfume to add to her allure.

[Maggi Young]

WOW!!