Family: Amaryllidaceae
Flower colour: yellow, white and yellow, yellow and orange
Flowering period: April – June
Average plant height: 25 – 35 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 5 – 7.5 cm
Type of bulb: bulb
This narcissus should not be confused with the common jonquil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus. This may be the reason people use the term ‘Small Jonquil’ to distinguish the two. The cup of these narcissi is not that large: usually half the length of the perianth petals. Each stem has 2 to 6 flowers with an utterly delicious scent. These narcissi require a sunny location.
Most significant cultivars
- ‘Baby Moon’: golden yellow
- ‘Dickcissel’: yellow and white
- ‘Hillstar’: yellow and white
- ‘Pipit’: yellow and white
- ‘Quail’: yellow on yellow
- ‘Sun Disc’: yellow on yellow
- ‘Suzy’: golden yellow, bright orange cup
- ‘Sweetness’: golden yellow