Bulbs: Simple Pleasure: Narcissus pseudonarcissus., 0 by Toxicodendron

Toxicodendron wrote:
I had to laugh about my driveway looking good....the picture I took is 4 MB and the one here is sized down to less than 100kb, so it looked really bad to me. But thanks for your compliments, anyway. Yes, it is a Cercis canadensis...native here. They are a true blaze of color each April, particularly if located in front of our eastern redcedars. Soon the firepinks and cypress spurge will make a big show and then the whole thing will go dormant over the summer...I refuse to water there because the trees suck it up like my DH does cold beer. The spurge and some dreaded goutweed will cover the fading narcissus and tulip foliage and survive without watering. The soil surrounding the beds is rock hard so that contains the groundcovers perfectly.


Kenton, is the N. canaliculatus considered a cyclamen-type? It sure is pretty. So is the 'Martinette'. And thanks for sharing the pansy name. It is fantastic looking.

Do any of you know this one? It is the largest flowering one I have, about 31/2 to 4 inches across, on tall stems. It is bright yellow-gold, with rather flat orange cups. I'm pretty sure it is something I got on clearance within the last 2 decades...not an heirloom. It persists much better than 'Mt Hood' but does not multiply crazily like Ice Follies and Thalia.