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Don't look in the pond: O no, that is a different sort of Narcissus.

 
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We all know there is the sort of Narcissus who looks at himself in reflections in water and falls in and drowns. But it isn't that sort of Narcissus I have got. Because our front lawn is all damp and soggy and heavy clay, the grass is reluctant to grow there, so I let wild flowers reappear. I don't remember anything about what is shown in the pictures below, but I have a definition: if there are any daffodils (=Narcissus pseudonarcissus) left at the time of my birthday (16th May), then Spring has been very late. My birthday came, my birthday went, and two little buds appeared above 6 inch (150mm) tall stems. The did look a bit like daffodils bulbs, and that is what Ruth said.
Last Wednesday, the bulbs opened and (on Saturday 21st May) they looked like this. As you can see, they are tiny little delicate things. Has anybody got any idea what sort they are? The nearest I could find on the pictures on Wikipedia was N assoanus. The Royal Horticultural Society say it naturalises well in short grass.
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Photos of small Narcissus flower
Photos of small Narcissus flower
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Isn't it tiny
Isn't it tiny
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Small Narcissus flower
Small Narcissus flower
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Small narcissus flower
Small narcissus flower
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Flower seems to have long neck: that isn't the right botanical term, I know ;-)
Flower seems to have long neck: that isn't the right botanical term, I know ;-)
 
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Thank you for the apple, whoever it was
 
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Having had another look at the Wikipedia link I posted earlier, I still think that plant looks like N assoanus (=rush leaved jonquil). I wonder how on earth it got there; I have no memories of planting it. Thank you again for the apple, whoever it was.
 
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Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
 
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AKA Trumpet daffodil
 
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On second thought I think it's a jonquilla...

(You were right)
 
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Jonquil is used in perfumes.
 
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William Kellogg wrote:. . . (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)

Narcissus pseudonarcissus is much larger; it also flowers earlier. There are thousands of them in the River Dove valley (=Farndale) which is 17 miles (27km) from here as the crow flies. Yes, N assoanus is called a kind of jonquil.
 
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