Through the years, I’ve grown many different kinds of narcissus–everything from the traditional daffodils to small miniature hybrids. The only bulbs that have perennialized for me are February Gold and one of the poeticus hybrids.

I’m not a huge fan of bright yellow in the spring so I tend to buy narcissus bulbs of varieties that are otherly-colored in white, orange, or pink. Baby slugs and snails often find the flowers and eat just enough of the petals to spoil them–and it doesn’t seem to matter how tall the flower stocks are–the slugs will reach them.

My future plans for narcissus are to look to add a few more clumps of the poeticus types around the garden–their substance and fragrance are always welcome.