Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 13 - Species (Botanical and Wild Variant)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Long yellow trumpet w/ twisted pointed petals
Bloom season: Spring
Hybridizer: n/a
Year of registration: n/a
Country of Origin: Unknown
Origin of name: Means from Spain

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)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: twisted
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
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
  • Tenby Daffodil
  • Daffodil
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Narcissus hispanicus subsp. hispanicus
  • Synonym: Narcissus major
  • Synonym: Narcissus lobularis
  • Synonym: Narcissus grandiflorus
  • Synonym: Narcissus obvallaris
  • Synonym: Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. major

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Date: c. 1788
illustration [as N. major] from 'The Botanical Magazine', 1788
Location: Alpine Garden Society show Hexham, Northumberland England
Date: 2015-03-28
Narcissus lobularis
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-03-25

Date: 2010-03-20
photo by: Meneerke Bloem
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-03-08
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