[Fermi]

Yes, Daisy,
the scent is sweet without being as cloying as straight tazetta scent.
I'm hoping to be able to breed with these as well- I need to get some gelatine capsules to store it till my tazettas and other daffs come into bloom.
You can have a look at Lawrence's website here:http://www.trevaniondaffodils.com.au/
cheers
fermi
 

[Daisy]

Thanks for the link Fermi. The photo on their website, reminds me of the narcissus fields in Cornwall.
Trevanion is an old Cornish name too.
Daisy

[Fermi]

Today I got some more pics - the first is another pot of Narcissus obsoletus and the second is the clump of Narcissus viridiflorus in the garden,
cheers
fermi

[Alisdair]

Very encouraging to see that magnificent clump of viridiflorus! I've just come indoors, from looking hopefully at my pot of tiny seedlings....

[Alisdair]

On the Mediterranean Garden Society's trip to Morocco in March, we saw two dwarf narcissi in the Toubkal National Park, above 2,500m in the High Atlas mountains above Imlil. One was the golden local endemic Narcissus jeanmonodii, first described as recently as 1986. We found that in damp patches of an alpine pasture, in quite sizeable groups (as you can see from the second photo).
I'm not so fond of "hoop petticoat" narcissi like the jeanmonodii, so I was thrilled when we found the other, the pure white Narcissus rupicola subsp. watieri. This was growing among bushes on much drier and steeper north-facing slopes, and always scattered plants rather than groups.

[Fermi]

Some more daffodils in our garden,
My own crossing of Narcissus bulbocodium ssp graelsii and Narc. romieuxii 'Mondieu'
Lawrence Trevanion's N. viridiflorus hybrid 'Viriquilla'
A "volunteer" hoop petticoat - either a seedling or a stray bulblet now flowering size,
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

More daffs!
1) N. cyclamineus hybrid received as "Tatiana x N. cyc" (probably 'Titania' x N. cyc)
2) A cross I made between Narc. romieuxii and N.'Mondieu'
3) 'Papa Snoz' raised by Graham and Helen Fleming, Keira bulbs, Canberra
4) Narc. romieuxii raised from seed from the JCA selection 'Julia Jane'
5) Narcissus seedlings in the garden from near one of Rod Barwick's 10 WW hybrids ('Smarple' or 'Kholmes') - the distinctive one at the front is a 10 W-Y similar to 'Mitimoto', the one at the back is similar to its seed parent,
cheers
fermi

[Umbrian]

Lovely Fermi, how refreshing to see what you are enjoying now whilst we are in the middle of summer -although I have to add that we are not having our usual hot, dry summer here in Italy and things are looking fresher than usual for August.

[Fermi]

More daffs in our garden right now,
first a couple of N. cyclamineus hybrids from Keira Bulbs,
a jonquilla hybrid I received as :Ken's Cross
a single spike of N. cordubensis forcing its way up through Jasminum parkii parkeri,
Narcissus hispanicus (one of two different bulbs I received under this name - from the same supplier!)
a white Narcissus bulbocodium hybrid from Keira Bulbs,
cheers
fermi

[Alisdair]

What's the plant that N. cordubensis is growing through, Fermi? Looks useful ground cover for dwarf daffs.

[Fermi]

Hi Alisdair,
It's the "dwarf" jasmine, Jasminum parkeri, with yellow flowers in summer.
The Narcissus cordubensis and a N. viridiflorus came up through it presumably because ants carried the seeds there and they germinated and eventually came to flower - travelling up through 20 to 30 cm of the jasmine,
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

Another "hoop" - Narcissus cantabricus from seed collected by Rafa in Madrid,
cheers
fermi

[Charithea]

Fermi the N look amazingly beautiful!! Charithea.

[Fermi]

Hi Charithea,
I think that all narcissus are beautiful but that N. cantabricus is crystalline in its beauty. The good thing is that they mostly love our climate and do very well for us in the garden (mostly in raised beds).
Another one of Rod Barwick's "Little Detectives" - 'Kojak';
A Narcissus cyclamineus hybrid, 'Mitzy' raised by Alec Gray,
cheers
fermi

[Fermi]

Some more daffs in the garden:
'Mitimoto' (another "Little Detective")
'Jumblie' (Alec Gray's sister seedling to Tete a Tete and Quince)
Narcissus x intermedius (N.jonquilla x N. tazetta)
Narc.fernandesii ssp cordubensis (one of Lawrence Trevanion's crosses between two clones of this ssp)
cheers
fermi