Not so Elegant. Fringed or Split Corona Narcissus, Narcissus pumilus var. fimbriatus, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, The Netherlands
In his full description of our Daffodil in Eden: or, A Compleat Body of Gardening (1757), John Hill (1716/7-1775) writes: 'tho' far from the most elegant of the Narcissus kind' it's valuable on account of the early season in which it grows, even in the snow of the severest Winter. Of course, when we think of Daffodils especially the 'trumpets' come to mind, as it were musically ushering in Spring. In the present Narcissus that trumpet is quite splayed outward. Still, I think it's quite pretty and elegant, too.
Not so Elegant. Fringed or Split Corona Narcissus, Narcissus pumilus var. fimbriatus, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, The Netherlands
In his full description of our Daffodil in Eden: or, A Compleat Body of Gardening (1757), John Hill (1716/7-1775) writes: 'tho' far from the most elegant of the Narcissus kind' it's valuable on account of the early season in which it grows, even in the snow of the severest Winter. Of course, when we think of Daffodils especially the 'trumpets' come to mind, as it were musically ushering in Spring. In the present Narcissus that trumpet is quite splayed outward. Still, I think it's quite pretty and elegant, too.