Jonquilla Narcissus, Apodanthus Daffodil

The species Narcissus jonquilla has flower scapes up to a foot tall and 1-6 small gold flowers per scape, often under an inch across. The...Read More fragrance is extraordinary. Leaves are round in cross-section and look like chives.

At least some forms of this species are very late to bloom. I've observed one that begins to bloom in June, here in Boston (Z6a), over two months after 'February Gold'.

I can sometimes smell a small clump 50 feet downwind---and I'm almost anosmic. The fragrance is very sweet and light, without the unpleasant musky tones of many narcissus. It reminds me of lemon blossoms or of honeysuckle (Like L. fragrantissima but not like L. japonica, which has a heavier fragrance.)

Many of the jonquilla hybrids (Division 7) do not smell like the species. Most are substantially larger and taller.

'Baby Moon' is a selection of N. jonquilla and not a hybrid.

Utterly charming with very sweetly scented flowers.

The Jonquill hybrids are sweetly fragrant and have numerous flowers per stem. 'Pipet' has lemon-yellow petals and a yellow cup that fades...Read More to white. 'Trevithian' has pale yellow flowers.