Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 13 - Species (Botanical and Wild Variant)
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Looks like a small flowered (div 3) daffodil. Small yellow cup, white petals.
Bloom season: Spring
Hybridizer: n/a
Year of registration: n/a
Origin of name: medium yellow

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Bi-Color: white yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Species Daffodil
  • Two-Flower Narcissus
  • Twin Sisters
  • Daffodil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Narcissus x medioluteus
  • Synonym: Narcissus x grenieri
  • Synonym: Narcissus dianthos
  • Synonym: Narcissus cothurnalis
  • Synonym: Narcissus x biflorus
  • Synonym: Narcissus triflorus
  • Synonym: Narcissus tazetta-poeticus
  • Synonym: Narcissus loretii
Also sold as:
  • Twin Sisters
  • April Beauty
  • Cemetery Ladies
  • Loving Couples
  • Primrose Peerless

Photo Gallery
Location: central NC
Date: 04/13/2023
Location: central NC
Date: 04/13/2023
Location: central NC
Date: 04/18/2021
Uploaded by BUGGYCRAZY

Date: 2004-05-07
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-12
Location: central NC
Date: 04/18/2021

Date: c. 1869
illustration from 'English Botany', vol. 9, 1869
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-26
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-17
Size reference
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-22
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-25
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-17

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