Lies - Pink Narcissus
Live preformance of this haunting opening song by Brighton base band Pink Narcissus. Recorded at recent gig at the Purple Turtle Campden town
Seven varieties of dazzling daffodil
This spring I went to Holland to visit breeders to help me find exactly that, some beautiful, late-flowering narcissi to extend the season well into May.
The first discreet and delicate beauty I was introduced to was 'Dallas’. A Dutch gardening friend has pots of it in her front yard. This is yet to be widely available, but is on its way. In the small-cupped group, it flowers late, from the end of April through May. 'Dallas’ is natural-looking, fantastically scented, with pure-white petals and a small, acid-green cup that looks you right in the face. The fine stems and foliage wave gently in the wind, modest and serene. It would suit any garden or vase.
'Felindre’ is also exquisitely beautiful. Part of the poeticus brigade, but exceptional even among these greats, as its flowers are so pert and perky, with a delicious green eye. Its petals are flatter and more rounded than
those of 'Actaea’ and the classic pheasant’s eye, which make it ideal as a cut flower. In April I made an arrangement from one head of Allium 'Purple Rain’, threaded through with 15 stems of 'Felindre’. It was much neater and tidier than my usual flower arrangements, but stood out in its narrow-necked bottle, almost begging to be a bridesmaid’s bouquet. It lasted two weeks, three times as long as most cut daffodils.
purple narcissus - News
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At 10, Great Plant Picks program makes progress and changes A few flowers made the 2010 cut, including one of my favorite fragrant daffodils, Narcissus poeticus, also known as the pheasant's eye narcissus. and more » |
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Film, television actress Jean Simmons dead at 80 That was followed by the exotic "Black Narcissus," and then Olivier's Oscar-winning "Hamlet" in 1948, for which Simmons was nominated as best supporting and more » |
Martyn Cox: Pots of colour to brighten your bleak midwinter
Hellebores are essential perennials having flowers in many different shades, from white to dusky purple. For more flowers try pansies, primulas and other
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U.S. Postal Service makes it easier to send flowers To commemorate the Year of the Tiger, they chose narcissus flowers, considered auspicious at any time of year and thus especially appropriate at this time |
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KAVB-keuringszaal: snijtulpen beginnen op gang te komen Op tafel staat naast de oervorm Narcissus hispanicus 'Maximus' de zachtgele, winterbloeiende 'Julia Jane', de kleine trompet 'Topolino' en de gele |
