Faves: Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’

This is the lovely bouquet Sarah brought me from her country garden yesterday. But, sadly, Narcissus or daffodils, don’t make v

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ery long-lasting cut flowers. Today, most of them have expired. Best to enjoy them in the garden…

If only we could put far-off places on wheels and yank them closer, our gardening lives would be so much easier.

All the flowers in this genus are capital-N Narcissus. However, in common garden parlance, the large-trumpeted kind are generally dubbed daffodils and the small-trumpeted ones get called narcissus or jonquils.

The variety that makes up most of this bouquet is N. ‘Ice Follies’, one of the best all-round choices (also seen in closeup below). It’s a good naturalizer, lightly fragrant, and has that large, frilly trumpet or corona that turns from cream to yellow as it matures.

Daffs get squelched by my tree-root-infested garden. In less congested conditions, though, they are generally unfussy. Think of them spilling down the hil

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lside near the logos by the Gardiner Expressway. All they insist on is good drainage and winter snow coverage. See, there’s a reason to be glad Toronto has winter.

3 comments

  1. Love that last photo especially, and I appreciate learning more about 'Ice Follies' as it's one of those I've considered in the past but not invested in. Didn't know it was (if mildly) fragrant; that's certainly a point in its favor!

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