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Daffodil (double-flowered cultivars)

Spring-Flowering Bulb

Also known as Double-Flowered Narcissus
Narcissus sp. double flowered cultivars
Amaryllidaceae Family

Flowering in spring, daffodils are reliable, easy to grow, deer-resistant and great for naturalizing. Double-Flowered Daffodil blooms have double numbers of perianth or corona segments, or double numbers of both. Flowers come in a wide variety of shades of red, orange, yellow, green, white, and pink.

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Site Characteristics
Sunlight:
  • full sun

Soil conditions:

  • requires well-drained soil
Prefers moist but well-drained soil.

Hardiness zones:

  • 4 to 9

Special locations:

  • outdoor containers
  • rock gardens
  • indoors as a houseplant - Bulbs can be forced inside for winter bloom.
Plant Traits

Lifecycle: perennial

Ease-of-care: easy

Height: 0.75 to 2 feet

Spread: 0.25 to 0.5 feet

Bloom time:

  • early spring
  • mid-spring
  • late spring

Depends on variety.

Flower color:

  • red
  • orange
  • yellow
  • green
  • white
  • pink

Foliage color:

  • medium green
  • dark green

Foliage texture: medium

Shape: upright

Shape in flower: flower stalks with upright spikes

Blooms borne on erect stems rising above the foliage, often in clusters.

Special Considerations
Special characteristics:
  • deer resistant
  • non-aggressive
  • non-invasive
  • not native to North America - Product of horticultural selection.
  • fragrant - Some cultivars have sweetly scented blooms.
Special uses:
  • cut flowers - Some varieties are especially long lasting.
  • naturalistic garden
Growing Information
How to plant:

Propagate by division or separation - Plants the bulbs 5" deep. Divide after flowering or in the fall.

Maintenance and care:
Deadhead the plants to keep appearance tidy. Do not cut back the plants until the foliage begins to fade (about 6 weeks). Apply low-nitrogen, high-potassium fertilizer after blooming if bloom performance was poor.

More growing information: How to Grow Bulbs

Pests:
Narcissus bulb flies
Bulb scale mite
Diseases:
Narcissus nematode
Narcissus basal rot
Narcissus yellow stripe virus
Varieties
‘Acropolis’: 1 ½’ tall plants with showy, large blooms with intermingled white and orange petals.

‘Bridal Crown’: 1 ½’ tall plants with fragrant, small blooms borne in groups of 4 to 6 per stem. The blooms are white, with orange segments interspersed with white in the inner cup.

‘Cheerfulness’: 1 ½’ tall plants with clusters of several fragrant blooms per stem. Blooms have a white perianths and white corona interspersed with cream segments.

‘Cotton Candy’: 1 ½’ tall plants with pink-rimmed white and yellow perianths segments.

‘Elixir’: nearly 2’ tall late-blooming plants with bright yellow perianths and pale peach-orange corona.

‘Gay Kybo’: 1 ½’ tall, late-blooming plants with fragrant blooms with cream-colored perianths and bright orange corona.

‘Golden Ducat’: 1 ¼’ tall plants with large golden yellow blooms.

‘Irene Copeland’: 1 ½’ tall plants with pure white perianths and very bright yellow corona.

‘Pencrebar’: 8” tall plants with fragrant golden yellow blooms, often borne in pairs.

‘Pink Paradise’: 1 ½’ tall plants with white perianths and rose-colored corona.

‘Replete’: 1 ½’ tall plants with white perianths and interspersed white and pale salmon pink corona segments.

‘Rip van Winkle’: 6” tall early-blooming plants with spiky, pointed greenish yellow blooms (syn. Narcissus minor spp. pumilus ‘Plenus,' Narcissus pumillus ‘Plenus’).

‘Rosy Cloud’: 1 ½’ tall plants with white perianths and rose-peach coronas.

‘Sir Winston Churchill’: 1 ¼’ tall plants with white perianths and interspersed white and orange corona segments.

‘Tahiti’: 1 ½’ tall plants with large blooms with yellow perianths and orange-red corona segments interspersed with yellow segments.

‘Tamar Fire’: 1’ tall plants with fragrant blooms with yellow perianths and red corona.

‘Texas’: 1 ½’ tall plants with yellow perianths and interspersed yellow and orange corona segments.

‘Tonga’: 1 ½’ tall plants with fragrant blooms with bright yellow perianths and interspersed red and yellow corona segments.

‘Unique’: 1 ¾’ tall late-blooming plants with white perianths and interspersed white and bright yellow corona segments.

‘White Lion’: 1 ½’ tall plants with whit perianths and white and yellow interspersed corona segments.

‘Yellow Cheerfulness’: 1 ½’ tall late-blooming plants with golden yellow, fragrant flowers in clusters of 3 to 4.