Bulbs, Perennials > Narcissus > Narcissus cyclamineus > Narcissus cyclamineus 'Tête-À-Tête'
Narcissus cyclamineus
'Tête-À-Tête'
Tête-À-Tête Daffodil
Origin: Introduced prior to 1949.
| Family |
| Amaryllidaceae |
| Genus |
| Narcissus |
| Species |
| cyclamineus |
| Cultivar |
| 'Tête-À-Tête' |
| Category |
| Bulbs, Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 4a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 2a - 8a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -35 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -30 |
| Height |
| 15 - 32.5 cm |
| Spread |
| 10 - 20 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Classified as a D12 Y-y (Miscellaneous). |
| Landscape |
| Flower beds, mass plantings, informal gardens, borders and containers. |
| Shape |
| Upright. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| In poorly-drained soil bulb rot may occur. |
| Leaf Description |
| 2 - 4 lanceolate erect leaves per bulb that measure the height of the plant. |
| Flower Description |
| Stem will bear up to three flowers. Deep golden-yellow perianth with a little darker trumpet that is short and cylindrical. Flowers are up to 65 mm wide. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The A.M. Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. The Tamar Valley, Cornwall, England. |
| 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. |
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