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Narcissus 'Sweet Desire' (4)

daffodil 'Sweet Desire'

A double daffodil to 35cm, flowering in mid-spring. Blooms have an outer whorl of broad, cream petals, the centre filled with narrow cream petals interspersed with large, orangey-yellow cup segments ICRA Registration description: Fl. 108mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three or more whorls, roundish, white, smooth and of heavy substance; the outer whorls 46mm long, very broad, blunt, slightly mucronate, reflexed, with midrib showing, margins incurved or wavy, overlapping to half; the inner segments narrower, less prominently mucronate; the inner whorls narrower, more nearly ovate, with margins incurling, successively shorter and more strongly inflexed towards centre; corona segments 26mm long, interspersed among the inner petaloid segments and clustered at centre, bi-lobed, wavy to frilled. Mid-season

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Ultimate height

0.1–0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height

2–5 years

Ultimate spread

0.1–0.5 metres

Clay

Loam

Chalk

Sand

Moisture

Moist but well–drained, Well–drained

pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Full sun
Partial shade

Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Hardiness
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Botanical details

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native to GB / Ireland: No
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Clump forming
Potentially harmful: Harmful if eaten, skin irritant. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. Pets (dogs, cats, tortoises): Harmful if eaten, skin irritant. For further information and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
Genus: Narcissus are bulbous herbaceous perennials with linear leaves and leafless stems bearing flowers, which may be solitary or in umbels, with 6 spreading perianth segments and a cup or trumpet-shaped corona
Name status: Accepted
Horticultural Group: Double daffodils may have one or more flowers per stem, with either perianth segments or corona, or both being doubled

How to grow

Cultivation

Tolerates most soils but prefers moderately fertile, well-drained soil that is constantly moist during the growing season. Plant bulbs at one and a half to twice their own depth in autumn. See daffodil cultivation for further advice

Propagation

Propagate by removing offsets as the leaves fade in early summer

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
Cottage and informal garden
Patio and container plants
Low Maintenance
Cut flowers
Flower borders and beds
Underplanting of roses and shrubs

Pruning

Deadhead as flowers fade and allow the leaves to die down naturally

Pests

May be susceptible to slugs, large narcissus bulb fly, narcissus eelworm and bulb scale mite

Diseases

May be susceptible to narcissus basal rot, narcissus leaf scorch or daffodil viruses

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