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Bloom Time: Late Winter/Early Spring Late Fall/Early Winter Mid Winter
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Foliage: Herbaceous Smooth-Textured
Other details: Flowers are fragrant This plant is suitable for growing indoors Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Flowers are good for cutting Provides winter interest
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Aug 15, 2009, Joan from Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) wrote:Editor's Note
Some resources list Narcissus as poisonous if ingested. Ingesting the bulbs can cause poisoning in humans and has also poisoned some cattle. Family pets could be at risk if they ingest quantities of this plant. Serious cases of poisoning are rare. Humans have been poisoned only when the bulbs were mistaken for onions. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. May be fatal if large quantities are consumed.
The plant also contains allergens in the above ground plant parts, which cause dermatitis in sensitive humans.
We tend to err on the side of caution in PlantFiles, and the danger notation in the details above is to warn gardeners, parents and pet owners to look further for more information.
On Jan 23, 2009, vossner from Richmond, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
Bought some for forcing indoors in Dec 2008. They were a bargain at $0.10 ea. What a cheerful display to have indoors, but beware: the closer you get to the blooms, the more unpleasant the fragrance. When mine are spent I will plant inground outdoors and hopefully they will naturalize.
On Jan 11, 2009, Ga_Wildflower from Quitman, GA wrote:
These were present in the yard when we bought our home 2 years ago and they were a lovely suprise when they bloomed.
We have since bought more and planted them around some crape myrtles to add some beauty to the leafless trees as they are very bland this time of the year.
I love the delicate white flowers and that they are easy to grow.
On Nov 10, 2008, ladychroe from Bridgewater, NJ wrote:
I grew these indoors by forcing them in a vase with pebbles and water. It was very easy to grow this way, but the water must not touch the bulbs, or they will rot.
They were very pretty, but VERY fragrant, and we found the fragrance to be indescribably horrendous. It permeated the entire house. We wound up putting them on the back porch, where they were promptly frostbitten, which was fine with us. We will not purchase them again.
On Aug 13, 2007, Opoetree from Oak View, CA wrote:
I have had these flowers growing in my garden for over forty years. I have always loved them...loved the perfume! We grew them in Shafter, California, where I was growing up and now I have them in Oak View. In Shafter, it seemed they waited for springtime to bloom, but here in Oak View (the Ojai Valley), it seems that they always like to bloom just before Christmas. So easy to care for...great bulbs! Wonderful flowers.
This was my first flower i have grown indoors and i have to say it was very easy from start to finish. The smell from these flowers was a surprise it has a smell that is unique. Grow them and you will find out what i mean. They really don't have much needs. When first starting to sprout i would water them in the morning and set in sun all day, then would give them another mist of water at the end of the day and take them out of the light. I found that it was very easy to self-pollinate them. I was not sure it was going to work at first, but now i have successfully gotten seeds from these flowers. I have not tried bulb cutting because i have forced these to bloom so i belive from what i have read that they will not bloom again. But i'm not saying it can be done i have not tried yet. I do however have seeds from the self-pollination that are germinating right now.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Garberville, California Menlo Park, California Oak View, California Pleasant Hill, California San Leandro, California Vacaville, California Fort Myers, Florida Fountain, Florida Lake City, Florida Orlando, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Hawkinsville, Georgia Quitman, Georgia Piscataway, New Jersey Kure Beach, North Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Knoxville, Tennessee Arlington, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas Orange, Texas Richmond, Texas San Antonio, Texas (2 reports) Norfolk, Virginia
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