Bulbs, Perennials > Narcissus > Narcissus 'Tamar White '
Narcissus
'Tamar White '
Tamar White Daffodil
Origin: Introduced into cultivation prior to 1880.
| Family |
| Amaryllidaceae |
| Genus |
| Narcissus |
| Cultivar |
| 'Tamar White ' |
| Category |
| Bulbs, Perennials |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 32.5 - 67.5 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Classified as a D4 W-Y (Double). A double form of Poeticus or Pheasant's Eye Narciss. |
| Landscape |
| Naturalization and mass planting. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| 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. |
| Notable Specimens |
| 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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