{"id":6938,"date":"2013-06-03T19:10:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T02:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2013-06-03T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T15:48:11","slug":"rip-van-winkle-and-miniature-daffodils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/rip-van-winkle-and-miniature-daffodils\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip van Winkle and Miniature Daffodils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Start early tpo plan your miniature daffodils for next year. The best bulbs sell out early and there is definately more to miniature daffodils than Tete-a-Tete.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rip Van Winkle \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4521008347\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4004\/4521008347_151b3ec11d.jpg\" alt=\"Rip Van Winkle\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rip van Winkle is a miniature Daffodils correctly called Narcissus minor pumilus  &#8216;Plenus.&#8217; It grows 6-8&#8243; tall and the yellow spiky petals that are about half an inch wide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cultivation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Rip Van Winkle look particularly eye-catching when grown close together in drifts in borders.<\/li>\n<li> They are particularly good for growing in pots in a cold greenhouse. This facilitates close inspection of the flowers which is well worthwhile due to the shredded ribbon nature of petals.<\/li>\n<li>For houseplants pot in bulb fiber and water when necessary to keep the compost moist. As the growing shoots reach a height of 2\u00e2\u20ac\u009d move the containers to a cool bright position indoors. Buy new bulbs each year.<\/li>\n<li>When growing narcissus outdoors allow the foliage to die back naturally before removing it in June\/ July to feed the bulb for the following year.<\/li>\n<li>Rip van Winkle will bloom even in partial shade, though generally speaking the more sun the better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Miniatures<\/strong> have the same <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/daffodil-details-and-top-twelve-tips\/\">descriptive divisions<\/a> as the standard daffodil, only with smaller blooms.<br \/>\nRead more about <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/miniature-daffodils-and-narcissi-tips\/\">Miniature Daffodils<\/a> on Gardeners tips.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nRip Van Winkle flowers have &#8216;yellow and green segments interspersed, which both the petal and trumpet are split into many narrow segment&#8217;. according <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flower-advisor.com\/miniature-daffodil-flower.html\">to  the flower advisor<\/a>. I have notice most flowers seem to have a white appearance at the end of the petal.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for bulbs of Rip Van Winkle in early Autumn as stocks for sale seem quite low in the UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start early tpo plan your miniature daffodils for next year. The best bulbs sell out early and there is definately more to miniature daffodils than Tete-a-Tete. Rip van Winkle is a miniature Daffodils correctly called Narcissus minor pumilus &#8216;Plenus.&#8217; It grows 6-8&#8243; tall and the yellow spiky petals that are about half an inch wide. Cultivation Rip Van Winkle look particularly eye-catching when grown close together in drifts in borders. They are particularly good for growing in pots in a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/rip-van-winkle-and-miniature-daffodils\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-6938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-house-greenhouse-plants","tag-bulbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6938","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=6938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}