Thanks Rodger I will plant them this autumn next to each other to compare maybe other members have other ideas Roland 2013/3/27 Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net>: > On 27 Mar 2013, at 8:35, Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > >> The problem is that these are collected in the wild They look very much like >> Narcissus 'Baths Flame' maybe a natural hybrid or a garden escape ? > > The bon mot is "feral", daffodils that have escaped from cultivation and now > grow and thrive without human involvement as though they were wild. > > Quite common around Victoria BC. N. 'Barrii Conspicuus' grows alongside my long > driveway, but I didn't plant it there. A modern narcissus cultivar that may be > heading in this direction is 'Tete a tete', widely sold in pots for early > spring color, then simply dumped any old place. > > Indeed, many old, famous cultivars are long gone but hang on as ferals. > > > -- > Rodger Whitlock > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/…