Narcissus 'Crackpot' (11a)

Fl. forming a double triangle, 107mm wide; perianth segments 35mm long, somewhat spathulate, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane, with margins slightly incurved, creased and of membranaceous substance, separate; the inner segments narrower; corona 32mm long, split to base into six segments, two-thirds the width of the perianth segments, white, with yellow at base and in a broad band at rim, smooth and of heavy substance, bi-lobed to one third, with lobes overlapping, lightly frilled and crenate. Mid-season

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