General Description | Classified as a D4 W-Y (Double). A double form of Poeticus or Pheasant's Eye Narciss. |
Landscape | Naturalization and mass planting. |
Propagation | About every five years or as the number of blooms decrease lift clumps with a fork after the foliage has withered. Pull the bulbs apart and detach any offsets, replant bulbs three times their own depth and depending on plant size 3-10 cm apart. |
Notable Specimens | The Tamar Valley, Cornwall, England. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Flower Description | The 70 mm blooms hold petals in whorls of 3-4 opposite each other which are broadly oval, white and occasionally with a green tip. The flower centre (lacking trumpet) is whorled, with often less than six segments, yellow but sometimes with a green base and white at the tips. The blooms are scented and are a very late season bloomer. |