Narcissus pachybolbus and other tazettas
Jim McKenney (Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:30:51 PDT)

Jane wrote: "I can't remember exactly, but it isn't early -- probably late
March."

I asked because in the protected frame here it begins to bloom in early
February.

Typical Narcissus tazetta cultivars when planted in the open garden push up
to meet their doom soon after the turn of the year as long as there is not a
dome of hard frozen soil above them.

Jim McKenney