Narcissus 'Cup and Saucer' (11a)

Fl. forming a double triangle, 74mm wide; perianth segments 30mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, yellow, with whitish mucro, spreading, plane, creased and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, scarcely mucronate; corona 18mm long, split nearly to base, each four fifths the width of and closely overlying a perianth segment, forming an inner and an outer whorl of three, shallowly bi-lobed, truncated and somewhat recurving at apex, crenate; corona of secondary flowers tends to remain unsplit and cup-shaped. Dwarf. Early. Sunproof

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
Split-corona daffodils mostly have solitary flowers, the corona split for at least half its length; in Collar-type cultivars the corona segments are usually reflexed, each lying on top of a perianth segment, forming an inner and an outer whorl of three