Hey, thanks for that link. I skimmed through it and my eyes locked on the place name Kfar Blum mentioned in the article. This helps explain a pot of Narcissus I've had for quite a while now. The label says they are Narcissus sp. 'Kfar Blum' and they are grown from some seeds I got from the seed exchange. (Don't remember if it was PBS or pre-PBS.) For some reason I never bothered to Google the words. So I gather what I have traces back to Narcissus that is native to that area? Interesting. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Bill Richardson <ixia@dcsi.net.au> wrote: > " Tel Anafa Nature Reserve. Northwest of Kibbutz Shamir, Tel Anafa is an > off-the-track delight. Although named for the egrets (anafot) that like to > nest in its trees, the Tel Anafa Nature Reserve is also known as Daffodil > Hill. That's because in the dead of winter the almost untouched reserve > abounds with lovely daffodils. > > In spring the daffodils are replaced by distinctive acanthus flowers, > called > 'bear's breeches' in English. With their rosette-like bottom leaves and > white and purple flowers, they are so decorative that they apparently > inspired the architect who designed the Corinthian capitals that crowned > the > pillars in ancient Greece and Rome." > > http://jpost.com/Israel-Guide/… > > regards, > Bill Richardson > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mark Mazer" <markemazer@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 3:49 AM > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] anyone in Israel? > >> *Tel Anafa is a h*ill near Shamir and is informally known as "daffodil >> hill". It is in a nature reserve. >> Mark Mazer >> Hertford, NC USDA 8a >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, <billthebulbbaron@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> I have heard of a site in northern Israel where the native Narcissus >>> tazetta is particularly abundant, known as "Narcissus Hill". Does >>> anyone >>> there know precisely where this is located? >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Bill the Bulb Baron (William R.P. Welch) >>> _______________________________________________