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The seedlings were then developed further by Walter Hill. Walter worked for John Kendall's son, Percy Kendall who owned both the market garden of Newton Poppleford and a florist shop in Sidmouth. Walter rented a property in the village where he painstakingly bred the daffodil, which would go on to be known as Narcissus 'King Alfred'. [1]
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae.Various common names including daffodil, [Note 1] narcissus (plural narcissi), and jonquil, are used to describe all or some members of the genus.
Various common names including daffodil, narcissus, and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. The list of species is arranged by subgenus and section . Estimates of the number of species in Narcissus have varied widely, from anywhere between 16 and nearly 160, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] even in the modern era.
Narcissus 'Rip van Winkle' is an early flowering, dwarf variety of daffodil. Plants emerge in the spring from bulbs sprouting green leaves that grow to a height of 15 cm tall. [ 6 ] Mature 'Rip van Winkle' possesses stems which host a double, golden-yellow flower. [ 7 ]
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By the early 2000s Narcissus 'Jetfire' had become one of the world's most popular dwarf daffodil cultivars with great economic importance. During 2003 the Netherlands made $7.6 billion exporting plants to the rest of the world, with bulbs making up 10% of the exported goods. [ 10 ]
Narcissus pseudonarcissus growing in Hallerbos (Belgium). The species is native to Western Europe from Spain and Portugal east to Germany and north to England and Wales.It is commonly grown in gardens and populations have become established in the Balkans, Australia, New Zealand, the Caucasus, Madeira, British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Washington state, much of the ...
Narcissus poeticus, the poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower or pinkster lily, was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as the narcissus of ancient times (although Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus jonquilla have also been considered as possibilities).