Narcissus April to June 2009

[annew]

And not even a nibble! I spent two hours last night slug hunting and caught hundreds because it had been raining, but still some clumps of daffodils had been eaten between midnight and breakfast.  Volunteers required!

[Tony Willis]

Jamie that is a very nice one.

my yellow Narcissus alpestris is now flowering

[Gerdk]

Nice and interesting variety, Tony!

I'll take the opportunity and add some of the later flowering daffodils here

1. + 2.  Narcissus nobilis
3. Narcissus abcissus - just opening
4. Narcissus graellsii from the center of Spain (thanks to Rafa)

Gerd

[Sinchets]

The Narcissus graellsii is lovely Gerd. Here's a reappearance in the garden from a Narcissus I thought had been vanished.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful plants everyone ! 
That's 50 pages of Narcissus 

[Armin]

Luc,
I'll continue it with page 51 

I view from my garden...

 Narcissus mix  - Prof. Einstein, Tete a Tete, N. pseudonarcissus ssp pseudonarcissus
 N. Amber Queen
 N. x odorus
 N. The Trevithian

[johnw]

Two years ago I reluctantly decided to bite the bullet and try a single Narcissus cyclamineus outside. It was planted in the south in heavy wet soil rather deeply. Coming from Spain I had not much hope for its survival in the cool foggy and wet of that climate.  Last Spring it did not appear and I assumed it was not hardy and so congratulated myself for not sacrificing all my bulbs for trial. This morning I was shocked to see the sad little soul in bloom and looking quite perky.  There is a think layer of moss and leafmould over soil in which the the bulb is planted.  Somehow it managed to surface strongly.

A nice surprise.

johnw

[Sinchets]

Some Narcissus in the garden- the first a Narcissus tazetta hybrid (?), the second one of the few plants that are original to this garden- Narcissus poeticus, and the third a Narcissus rescued from a roadside tip [along with several dozen Sternbergia and some tulips- we have no shame really  ]

[Armin]

Simon,
nice Tazetta hybrid. Does not survive in my climate.
The poeticus resemble cultivar "Actea".
The last...hm ?

[Sinchets]

Thanks Armin- we were pleasantly surprised by the tazetta hybrid too- it never did well in England as it always tried to flower too early and had its flowers frosted off- here the long time under snow seems to have forced it to wait. Thanks for the N.poeticus id- as the plant is original to the garden, and as, historically, there weren't many different narcissus being grown in bulgarian gardens (before hypermarkets like Metro opened) I wasn't sure if it was the species or  a selection.
Simon

[WimB]

Some more narcissi flowering here now:

[Gerdk]

The daffs are nearly over here -
this is Narcissus jonquilla - the wild occuring form

Gerd

[Armin]

Gerd,
what a wee beautiful thing!
Hope I can see it soon

[David Nicholson]

Gerd, is your garden well sheltered? Narcissus jonquilla would be decimated in my windy garden.

[Gerdk]

Gerd, is your garden well sheltered? Narcissus jonquilla would be decimated in my windy garden.

Yes, it is walled and within a city. In most years N. jonquilla was unharmed but
this spring I noticed some damage also.

Gerd