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Daffodils
Daffodil is the common name for Narcissus. They are touted as the most popular spring flower. Daffodils attain a height of approximately three inches to two feet. Daffodil colors include, orange, pink, apricot, red, white and yellow. Daffodils thrive in almost any garden soil and require sun or light shade. The planting time for Daffodil bulbs is September or October. The dwarf Daffodils are best suited to rockeries, urns, beds and bordering edges of gardens. The taller Daffodils are well suited to grassland, garden beds or under trees.
Daffodils have a central trumpet or cup which is referred to as the corona of the plant. The corona of the Daffodil is surrounded with six petals. The three outer petals are referred to as sepals and the three inner petals are referred to as petals.
Daffodils are divided into thirteen groups, they include: Trumpet Daffodils, Large-cupped Daffodils, Small-Cupped Daffodils, Double Daffodils, Triandrus Daffodils, Cyclamineus Daffodils, Jonquilla Daffodils, Tazetta (Poetaz or Bunch-flowered) Daffodils, Poeticus (Poet's) Daffodils, Bulbocodium Daffodils, Split-corona Daffodils, Miscellaneous Daffodils, and Wild Variants and Wild Hybrids.
The American Daffodil Society is a wonderful site dedicated to each aspect of this phenomenal plant. Please click here to learn more about Daffodils including images of each division of this amazing bulb.
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