Below is a selected list of '' Narcissus''

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and cultivars which currently (2020) hold the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...

's Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Narcissus (daffodils) are

bulbous In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs durin ...

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wid ...

s which are usually planted as dormant bulbs in autumn (fall) to flower the following spring. Once established they flower reliably every year, with variously trumpet-shaped flowers in a range of colours, mostly shades of white and yellow. The central trumpet (

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) and the outer 'petals' (

perianth The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla ( petals) or tepals when ...

segments) often have contrasting colours. Breeders have produced a huge range of sizes and shapes in these flowers, which are among the most popular of all plants in cultivation.

Divisions

Plants are grouped by the RHS into 13 divisions, each describing a particular growth habit and flower shape. All are of garden origin except group 13. Daffodil km 01

# Trumpet Daffodil cultivars: solitary flower with corona (trumpet) longer than perianth (outer petals) # Large-cupped Daffodil cultivars: corona shorter than perianth # Small-cupped Daffodil cultivars: corona less than ⅓ of the length of the perianth # Double flowered Daffodil cultivars # Triandrus Daffodil cultivars: reflexed perianth, short corona # Cyclamineus Daffodil cultivars: angled flowers, reflexed perianth, long corona # Jonquilla and Apodanthus Daffodil cultivars: scented, late-flowering, shallow cupped # Tazetta Daffodil cultivars: multiple flowers, scented, autumn-spring flowering # Poeticus Daffodil cultivars: scented, white perianth, small corona # Bulbocodium Daffodil cultivars: large corona, small perianth # (a) Split-corona Daffodil cultivars: Collar (b) Split-corona: Papillon # Other Daffodil cultivars # Daffodils distinguished solely by botanical name: all wild ''Narcissus'' species (including hybrids distinguished solely by botanical name) The main flowering season is late February and March in the Northern Hemisphere. Early daffodils appear from November through early February, while late varieties may appear in April, depending on the weather.

Narcissus species & cultivars

The AGM citation includes a hardiness rating: most of the narcissi listed here are rated H6 (-20 °C to -15 °C 4 °F to 5 °F, but some are H4 (-10 °C to -5 °C 4 °F to 23 °F. These are indicated in brackets next to the name. Dimensions shown are all maximum heights; heights may vary according to climatic conditions. The notes show whether the flowers are

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or scented, also links to the names' sources

References

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