[pamela]

I have this lovely Narcisscus which I think is N. tazetta but I am not sure. Also I would like to know the cultivar.  ( I did ask this before but didnt get a response).  I am hoping to plant more this autumn but cannot find it anywhere.  It has a white cup which appears to be unusual. Hope someone can help.
Thanks

[Fermi]

Hi Pamela,
Looks like ' Paperwhites',Narcissus papyraceus, which flowers as early as April in Australia, some years.
cheers
fermi

[pamela]

Hello Fermi
The problem is that all the tazetta I have found on the web (including 'Paperwhite' ) have a yellow corona.  I have not seen a Paperwhite with a white corona.  It flowers in February here which is very early spring.

[Alisdair]

I'd agree with Fermi, Pamela: that it's Narcissus papyraceus ("Paper-white"). This does have a white corona - any "Paper-white" daffodils being sold with yellow coronas are mis-named and probably N. tazetta!
There don't seem to be many firms selling it yet this season though. You could try Sycamore Trading, though I've never used them.

[Trevor Australis]

If I may comment after Our Glorious Leader has spoken I agree with Fermi and Alisdair that it is 'Paperwhite'. I also grow Narc. pachybolbus which also has all-white tazetta type bunch-flowers. It is said to be attractive because the dormant bulbs have wonderful glossy dark brown tunics! They do but I don't dig them up every year to admire them. The flowers are somewhat more starry in appearance than 'Paperwhite'. There is another one too which has very starry all-white flowers but I cannot recall it's proper name right now. Maybe Fermi will know it? They are all great bulbs for Med gardens.

[Jill S]

This supplier seems to be selling it as a Tazetta, saying it's synonymous with 'papyraceus'
http://www.bulbargence.com/en/home-bulbargence-flower-bulb-to-botanical-species.php

might be a case of 'if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck ...'

[oron peri]

Jills,

In fact it is wrongly named on the bulbargence website.


It is definitely Narcissus papyraceus as Fermi suggested earlier.

[Alisdair]

Trevor, the pure white tazetta with more pointed petals than pachybolbus that you're thinking of is probably Narcissus dubius.

[Trevor Australis]

  Thanks Alisdair. I did wonder if it could be N. pannizianus a species I am not familiar with.

[pamela]

Thanks very much everyone.