Flower colour: yellow
Flowering period: March – April (and into May)
Average plant height: 25 – 30 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 cm
Type of bulb: bulb
Narcissi in this group also have flowers angling downwards and perianth petals that are swept-back. The wild species, only 10 cm. tall, is rarely cultivated. Cultivars in this group have been developed as a result of crossing and selection. To one degree or another, they all possess the previously described characteristics.
Most significant cultivars
- ‘February Gold’: golden yellow
- ‘Jack Snipe’: ivory-white, yellow trumpet
- ‘Jenny’: white on white
- ‘Jetfire’: yellow with red cup
- ‘Jumblie’*: golden yellow
- ‘Little Witch’: yellow on yellow
- ‘Peeping Tom’: lemon-yellow
- ‘Quince’: yellow on yellow
- ‘Tête à Tête’*: lemon-yellow
*Multiflowered types
