This is a charming little tazetta. They are a bright yellow with a golden-orange cup. My first-year plants have 3-4 2-inch flowers per s...Read Moretem, I am expecting more next year based on photos from other gardens.
At first, I wasn't all that impressed with the looks of Martinette by itself. Then I planted some mixed in among Carlton daffodils and ...Read Morefound that the combination is much nicer than either variety alone. The orange centers of the tiny Martinette blooms add spice to the very large but plain yellow Carlton blooms.
Martinette is certainly growing well in my yard - zone 7b, east of Atlanta. The fragrance alone makes these worth having. I never thought daffodil beds could have much fragrance before I planted these. I intend to add more of these in the future.
I've never grown daffodils and didn't know if they could survive the heat of zone 9b. This wasn't the first daffodil to come up, but it ...Read Morewas the first to bloom in the first week of March. It smells wonderful; you can just walk by it and smell it. Color is very bright, it stands out when I'm driving up the street.
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | November 2004 | neutral
This tazetta cultivar is a wonderful fragrant multi-bloomer. Flowers reach a height of 14" and have yellow petals and a bright orange cu...Read Morep. It is very fragrant. It can be forced or grown outdoors where it naturalizes very well. It is also good for growing in warmer climates.
(Matador x N. jonquilla)
This is a charming little tazetta. They are a bright yellow with a golden-orange cup. My first-year plants have 3-4 2-inch flowers per s...Read More
Relatively weak colours, and did not perennialise well in my garden. The fragrance is also weaker than others like "Falconette."
At first, I wasn't all that impressed with the looks of Martinette by itself. Then I planted some mixed in among Carlton daffodils and ...Read More
I've never grown daffodils and didn't know if they could survive the heat of zone 9b. This wasn't the first daffodil to come up, but it ...Read More
This tazetta cultivar is a wonderful fragrant multi-bloomer. Flowers reach a height of 14" and have yellow petals and a bright orange cu...Read More