Narcissus 'Icebox Pie' (8)

Fls 9 per stem, rounded, 35-38mm wide; perianth segments roundish, very broad, blunt, scarcely mucronate, white, spreading or somewhat reflexed, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, ovate, more nearly spreading; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, lemon yellow, touched green at base, mouth expanded, lightly ribbed, a little wavy, shallowly and irregularly lobed, with rim crenate. Autumn. Blooms late autumn to very early winter; robust plant; offsets on large bulbs will produce a second stem, good for lengthening flowering period. Collected from an old garden in Natchez, Mississippi, USA

Size

Time to Maturity
No preference

Botanical Details

Family
Amaryllidaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
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
Tazetta daffodils have relatively broad leaves, and stems bearing umbels of up to 20, usually fragrant flowers per stem, fewer in larger-flowered cultivars