{"id":14490,"date":"2012-10-21T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14490"},"modified":"2012-10-21T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T19:50:35","slug":"choice-of-white-daffodils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/choice-of-white-daffodils\/","title":{"rendered":"Choice of White Daffodils"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just bought and planted some white Daffodils for cutting next spring. I buy them from a nursery that allows you to pick your own bulbs from large wicker baskets and prices them by weight.<\/p>\n

The main variety I chose was Mount Hood (div 1C) which has a white perianth that stands at right angles to a large white trumpet. Any hint of cream as the flower opens is soon relegated to a pure white.<\/p>\n

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Mount Hood dates back to the 1930s but remains the best known and most widely grown of the all-white trumpet daffodils. The flowers open creamy yellow and mature an even creamy white. They make a bright splash in early spring. Cream coloured Daffodils get whiter as the flowers age<\/p>\n

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Another favorite is Thalia, a Div 5 Triandus narcissi with pure white flowers and a distinctive petals.<\/p>\n

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In the same division is Ice Wings and Silver Chimes which has a slight yellowing to the cup but both are best white daffodils.<\/p>\n

\"daffodils<\/a><\/p>\n

The Jonquilla family are well scented but I am unsure of the variety above as the red stamen are putting me off.\u00c2\u00a0 Pueblo and golden Echo are thought to be the best virtual white.<\/p>\n

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I like this shot of another unnamed Daffodil. Look out for a new Poeticus called ‘Cutless’<\/p>\n

\"Erlicheer<\/a><\/p>\n

This Erlicheer is excellent for indoors with 15-20 double florets per s6tem. It may be flecked with some yellow but is essentially a white variety well known in Israel.<\/p>\n

Photo Credits<\/strong><\/em>
\n white daffodil by steve p2008 CC BY 2.0<\/em>
\n White Daffodil by ptc24 CC BY 2.0<\/em>
\n White daffodils by ramson, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/em>
\n daffodils \/ jonquils by cskk CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/em>
\n white daffodil by puddytat30141 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/em>
\n Erlicheer daffodil in the morning by knoxilla CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/em>
\n“Paper Whites”, Narcissus cv CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n

\""Paper<\/a><\/p>\n

Other Daffodil Links<\/strong>
\nTips for Growing Daffodils<\/a>
\nTop Ten Miniature Daffodils and Narcissus<\/a>
\nDaffodil society top tips<\/a>
\nThe society<\/a>
\nThe international Daffodil register<\/a>
\nBulbs from Thompson Morgan\u00c2\u00a0 <\/a>including Narcissus \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhite Diamonds Mixture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0 an elegant departure from the traditional yellow daffodil. It adds a dazzling white sophistication to spring borders and containers. This superb mix combines some of the best forms, including some rarities, to give a wonderful range of shapes and sizes. Plant them in bold drifts for a beautiful, naturalistic display. Height: 35cm (14\u00e2\u20ac\u009d). Spread: 15cm (6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).
\nThe American Daffodil Society<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Canary<\/a>
\n‘The Canary sea daffodil, Pancratium canariense, is endemic to the Canary Islands – meaning it is native only to that region. Catch the last of its flower in the Princess of Wales Conservatory during September’ Kew CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have just bought and planted my choice of white Daffodils for cutting next spring. I buy them from a nursery that allows you to pick your own bulbs from large wicker baskets and prices them by weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}