The Most Popular Varieties are Jonquilla, Tazetta, Poeticus, Wild Species, Split-Corona (Collar) Narcissus

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7 group: Jonquilla;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Step Forward’;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Hillstar’;
Narcissus garden cultivar ‘Suzy’;
Group 8: Tazetta;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Geranium’;
9 group: Poeticus;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Actaea’;
10 group: Wild Species;
Narcissus bulbocodium;
Narcissus cantabricus;
11 group: Split-Corona (Collar);
Narcissus garden variety ‘Shrike’;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Orangery’;
Narcissus garden variety ‘Printal’;

Our acquaintance with groups of garden daffodils is nearing completion. Let me remind the groups and their best varieties, which we talked about earlier:

So, we continue to meet, admire and choose the best candidates for their beds.

7 group: Jonquilla

Pros: flowers with an amazing strong aroma. On one peduncle from 3 to 8 flowers.

Cons: fragile stems, the flowers are small, limited colored flowers.

The most popular varieties:

‘Cherie’;
‘Hillstar’;
‘Step Forward’;
‘Suzy’.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Step Forward’

Luxury variety created in 1970, the original G. E. Mitsch.

Peduncle C 2-3 flowers, up to 30 cm flower almost monochrome (perianth yellow, light yellow crown), diameter 7 cm

Narcissus garden variety ‘Hillstar’

Beautiful variety created in 1979, the original G. E. Mitsch.

Stems with 3 flowers, height up to 30 cm Flower, two-tone (yellow perianth, and crown light yellow) with a diameter of 7-7,5 cm

Narcissus garden cultivar ‘Suzy’

Effective grade established until 1954, the originator of the R. V. Favell.

Peduncle C 2-3 flowers, up to 30 cm two-color Flower (perianth yellow, orange-red crown), diameter 7 cm

Application: Jonquilla daffodils are good in spring flower beds. garden vases, containers. From flowers receive essential oil.

Group 8: Tazetta

Pros: many varieties on a single inflorescence 2-5 PCs; fragrant.

Cons: limited color (white and yellow); sensitive to cold — in the middle band in need of winter shelter.

The most famous variety ‘Geranium’.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Geranium’

Fragrant variety created before 1930, the originator S. B. van der Schoot.

Peduncle C 2-4 flowers, up to 30 cm two-color Flower (perianth white, crown bright orange), diameter 5-5, 5 cm

Application: good in cutting and in the design of spring flower beds; in the middle band without shelter does not winter.

9 group: Poeticus

Pros: created on the basis of Narcissus poeticus; from natural species garden varieties have taken endurance to adverse factors, immunity to diseases. Large flowers with an exquisite delicate fragrance; blooms later. Reproduce well. One of the most common in the culture. No shelter required.

Cons: simple flower; the limitations of the color; the scarcity of the varieties.

The most popular varieties:

‘Actaea’;
‘Poetaz’.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Actaea’

Historical grade created before 1927, the original G. Lube and Son.

Peduncle up to 40 cm two-color Flower (perianth white, crown bright yellow, with red fringed border on the orange edge), diameter 8.5-9 cm, with a pleasant aroma.

Application: Good for cutting and forcing. Diverse applications: in the spring and mixed borders, garden vases, containers.

10 group: Wild Species

There are about 60 species, mostly of Mediterranean origin; some of them have become the progenitors of garden varieties and they are called groups.

Narcissus bulbocodium

He comes from Southwestern and Western France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa; in England he is called “Narcissus in a skirt.”

The leaves are semi-cylindrical, dark green. Peduncle height 10-15 cm funnel-shaped Flowers, yellow, 3.5 cm in diameter in the middle lane requires shelter.

Narcissus cantabricus

He comes from southern Spain, North Africa.

This Narcissus is similar to the previous one: it is also low in height (15-20 cm), its funnel-shaped flowers are the same size (3.5 cm in diameter), only white. In the middle zone winters only with warming of planting places with humus, peat, dry leaves. The bulbs are medium-sized.

11 group: Split-Corona (Collar)

Pros: flowers of the original shape and different colors; sizes and dissection of the crown are varied, many varieties.

Cons: almost none.

The most popular varieties:

‘Amboise’;
‘Articol’;
‘Belcanto’;
‘Beauticol’;
‘Chanterelle’;
‘Orangery’;
‘Printal’;
‘Roussillon’;
‘Shrike’;
‘Sorbet’;
‘Tendresse’;
‘Travertine’ and others.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Shrike’

Luxury grade established in 1984, is the originator of G. E. Mitsch.

Peduncle up to 30 cm two-color Flower: perianth white, crown dark orange-red, highly corrugated, diameter 9.5-10 cm Color for a long time.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Orangery’

Variety created in the Netherlands.

Stems with a height of 40-50 cm, perianth white, crown orange, with a diameter of 10 cm; has a delicate aroma.

Narcissus garden variety ‘Printal’

Beautiful grade established in 1966, the originator J. Gerritsen.

Peduncle height 30-35 cm two-color Flower: perianth greenish-cream-white, yellow crown, with a highly corrugated edge, crown segments are combined with segments of the perianth in two planes, with a diameter of 11.5 cm

Application: these unique daffodils in vase life is good, forcing, different spring arrangements.

In conclusion-traditional questions: what kinds of daffodils grow in your country? What are included in the list of landings for the next year?

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