Sweetly scented narcissi collection
daffodil collection
- Position: Full sun or partial shade
- Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: Average
- Flowering period: March to April
- Hardiness: Frost hardy (may need winter protection)
Heralding the start of spring, daffodils are easy to grow and will last well when cut for the vase. These three cultivars not only look good, but they also smell wonderful, so they'll fill your garden (or home) with perfume.
In each collection you will receive the following:
- Narcissus 'Canaliculatus': Plant this at the front of your border, in a pot or in your window boxes where you can enjoy the small, scented flowers up close. This variety flowers in March and April producing several flowers on each stem so they are really colourful. The flowers have white petals with a small yellow cup and they look best in bold clumps. Grows to 15cm.
- Narcissus 'Silver Chimes': Up to 10 nodding, milky-white blooms per stem, each with a pale yellow trumpet in April. They are deliciously fragrant too, so ideal for adding a splash of colour in sun or in the light dappled shade of a woodland edge. Excellent as a cutflower. Grows to 30cm.
- Narcissus ‘Curlew’: A delightful, multiheaded daffodil which produces very fragrant flowers in late April. Unlike most other daffodils, the flower colour will change as they age, so although the outer petals are a pure creamy-white, the long central trumpet opens yellow and will gradually fade to match. It is a vigorous variety, and each single bulb should soon multiply so its a good one for naturalising. Winner of an ‘RHS AGM’. Excellentas a cutflower. Grows to 30cm.
- Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten; skin irritant