NARCISSUS TELAMONIUS PLENUS came from Grandma T’s garden too. They really are like sunshine on a stem.
Only a half-dozen bulbs, they have been slow to multiply. I finally identified them a few days ago (how did we live without the searching power of the internet?) after several searches for double flowered narcissus. I found identifying photos and the information I was looking for here, a website of the American Daffodil Society. This narcissus was first noted in 1620 and it now most often found in old gardens and vacant lots. I have not found any commercial sources for this variety. I also found a helpful blog posting about these bulbs ‘growing blind’ on this great gardening site. I think that is what is going on with the bulbs since I planted them back in 2000. I will dig and divide next week after blooming has finished.
Oohh – pretty! Are you saying that it took them eleven years to bloom? And are they scented at all?
And an unrelated question: when do the red hot pokers bloom? At this point ours are showing no sign of anything.
No, they did not wait eleven years to bloom, just a year or two after moving. Cold Climate Gardening provided me with a link to another garden blog, Fairegarden with dividing tips.
As for the redhot pokers, they usually begin blooming here mid to late May. Could be later for you on the coast where it is cooler; maybe June.