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Pheasant's Eye Daffodil

Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus

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An all-time favorite, Pheasant’s Eye Daffodil is a naturalizing heirloom that was introduced in 1796. The snow-white recurved petals surround small golden-yellow cups with a delicate red accent. One flower per stem and sweetly fragrant, it’s easy to see why this Daffodil has remained a favorite for centuries. Bees and butterflies love the open flowers yet deer, rabbits, and squirrels leave it alone. Great cut flowers too! (Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus)

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Naturalizing Daffodils: Probably nothing in the gardening world is more foolproof and more rewarding than 'naturalizing' daffodils. These fantastic plants are super-easy to plant in fall, they don't care about soil as long as it's well-drained, and they'll bloom beautifully for you with absolutely no work every spring after you plant them. Best of all, Daffodils naturalize and spread over the years, each bulb developing into a blooming clump. In a new or established wildflower meadow, the wildflower plants grow up around the daffodils to hide the fading foliage. They’re reliably critter resistant, too. Plant plenty to enjoy the cheerful spring blooms, with extras for cut flowers too.

Planting & Care

Naturalizing Daffodils: Probably nothing in the gardening world is more foolproof and more rewarding than 'naturalizing' daffodils. Because unlike most other garden flowers, these fantastic plants are super-easy to plant in fall, they don't care about soil, as long as it's well-drained, and they'll bloom beautifully for you with absolutely no work every spring after you plant them. Best of all, daffodils increase over the years, each bulb developing into a blooming clump. All you have to do is pick the spots. The one thing to remember is that you won't be able to mow that area until the tops die down. Everything else takes care of itself. In a new or established wildflower meadow, the wildflower plants grow up around the daffodils hiding the fading foliage, so there's no work to do. And if you're planting wildflower seed, what could be easier that to pop in the bulbs when you have the ground already turned?

About the Wild Daffodils: Like wild tulips which are more the size of crocus, most of the wild daffodils are tiny too. They're generally small wildflowers that have been hybridized by the Dutch into the big tall beauties we know today.

Unlike tulips which are native to Central Asia, daffodils are European wildflowers, native to areas of France, Spain and Portugal.

Holland is not the ancestral home of any bulb flowers. But it's the home of almost all the hybrids, since the Dutch hybridizers have not only created thousands of new flowers gardeners love, they've developed a huge national industry that supplies bulbs to gardeners worldwide.

To a wild gardener, of course, the original un-hybridized species (and their close hybrids) are all interesting, and even better, they're all dependably perennial. Plant them once, and they're there forever. Unlike the hybrids which develop bigger and bigger clumps each year, and have to be divided every few seasons for good bloom, the wild species simply spread, like they do in the wild. So there is no maintenance for the wild bulbs, once you get them established.

Here are the major wild species:

  • Narcissus tazetta
  • Narcissus triandrus
  • Narcissus pseudonarcissus
  • Narcissus jonquilla
  • Narcissus poeticus recurvus
  • Narcissus clyclamineus'

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Spring

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Naturalizes
  • Easy To Grow
  • Low Maintenance
  • Cut Flowers
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant
  • Squirrel Resistant

Awards

2010 Great Plant Picks Award Winner

Additional information

Mature Height

15-20" tall

Bulb Spacing

2-3" apart

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Dry

Flower Bulb Size

sp12/14

Planting Depth

7" deep

Planting Time

  • Fall

Flower Size

1-2"

Plant Classification

Introduced Species

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
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