Daffodils or Narcissus are bulbs that look like onions with flowers that have pronounced necks. The leafless stems, appearing from early to late spring bear from 1 to 20 blooms. Each flower has a central bell that looks like a bowl bowl or disc-shaped corona surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves.
Flower color varies from white through yellow to deep orange. The most common color is the bright yellow. Breeders have developed some daffodils with double, triple, or ambiguously multiple rows and layers of segments, and several wild species also have known double variants.
Daffodils don’t thrive very well in Southern California. The
ones that I have planted come back the following year but most don’t come grow
back by the third year. One exception is the smaller variety. The leaves and
flowers are small but they grow back every spring unlike the larger variety.
This one measures approximately 4 to 5 inches in height. Each bulb has 4 to 5
flowers per bulb. The flower color is as bright yellow as the bigger variety.
This variety may not be as stunning as the ones grown in colder climates but it is beautiful nonetheless.
Daffodils makes you feel spring.
Not only they are not native to Southern California, they are also poisonous which is a real danger to pets.
ReplyDeleteI planted some bulbs last year and some of them came back this year. Daffodils always reminds you that it is spring time when they bloom in early spring.
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