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Petit Four Double Daffodil
Narcissus ‘Petit Four’ is in Division 4. It blooms in mid spring with 4½ inch flowers in which only the cup is doubled. The petals are greenish white with a small point on the tip. The corona is cup shaped, opening light yellow and maturing to a light yellowish pink with a touch of light yellow at the rim. The cup encloses 6 segments of the same color, each with a single lobe which is longer than the corona and protrudes outward from the cup, tapering into a tubular shape and fading to a yellowish white. The bulbs are toxic and will not be eaten by deer or rabbits. The name Narcissus comes from the Greek word for narcotic and is tied to the myth of a young man known as Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. When he drowned in the pool where he had been admiring himself, Narcissus flowers grew up around the pool.