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Conspicuus Hoop Petticoat Daffodil
Narcissus bulbicodium var. conspicuusis in Division 13. It stands only 4-6 inches high and blooms with fragrant yellow flowers. The six petals are very small but the funnel shaped corona is very prominent and gives the flower its common name of hoop petticoats. It is native to Spain and Portugal and is hardy in zones 5 – 9. Plant bulbs in full sun to partial shade in the fall, three times as deep as the size of the bulb. All parts of the plant are toxic, and the bulbs are deer and rodent resistant.
Named after the mythological Greek youth Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool and was transformed into a flower, these plants are easy-to-grow perennials commonly called daffodils. Although all daffodils grow from bulbs and produce strap-shaped leaves, the flowers span a wide range of shape, size, and color and are classified in 13 divisions according to flower shape and origin.