French Gardening history: Heritage plants
Jim McKenney (Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:54:49 PST)
First, Mark Brown wrote:-
SNIP>...... .........Narcissus 'Telamonius' is very common.But then I have
just about seen it in every country I have ever
visited................<SNIP>
Then David Nicholson wrote " Narcissus 'Telamonius' or telamonius is synonymous with N. pseuodonarcissus
ssp pseudonarcissus and I doubt it has been in use for many years now."
I think I need some clarification. The name 'Telamonius Plenus' is the name I associate with what is otherwise known as 'Van Sion', a clone widely naturalized here in the US and doubtless elsewhere.
Is this the "Telamonius" meant in this discussion, or is the wild typical Narcissus pseudonarcissus what is meant?
Jim McKenney