Scientific/Botanical Name:
Genus: Narcissus
Specie:
Variety/Cultivar:
English Name:
Common Name:
Daffodil
Botanical Family:
Name in Latin: Amaryllidaceae
Name in English: Amaryllis family
The Plant
Origin: Europe, North Africa, and Asia
Growth Habit: genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family
Flower: Narcissus species have a central bell-, bowl-, or disc-shaped corona surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves called the perianth which is united into a tube at the forward edge of the 3-locular ovary. The seeds are black, round and swollen with a hard coat. The three outer segments are sepals, and the three inner segments are petals.
Blooming Period: spring
Leaf: strap shaped, 12 inches long from bulb, stem is leafless.
Usage:
Spring bulb, garden and cut flowers. forced bulbs
Care and Handling
Soil: range of soils but grow best in moderately fertile, well-drained soil that is moist during the growing season
Amount of water: moderate
Nutrition: Apply a low-nitrogen, high-potash fertilizer after flowering if bulbs are not performing.
Special handling: Deadhead plants as flowers fade (for neater garden appearance) and allow leaves to remain for at least 6 weeks.
Special feature/remarks:
After they bloom in the spring, allow the plants to grow until they die off. They need time after blooming to store energy in the bulbs for next year.