Narcissus 'Papaya King' (11a)

Fl. 91mm wide; perianth segments 37mm long, roundish, very broad, blunt, yellow, with prominent white mucro, spreading, concave, creased and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, ovate, shouldered at base, scarcely mucronate; corona 20mm long, split almost to base, forming and inner and an outer whorl of three, each closely overlying a perianth segment, pink, blending to yellow at base and orange at rim, frilled, lobed and notched. 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