Plant ID please

[Merle O'Broham]

Just trying to figure out what grows in my garden- Narcissus or a type of Daffodil? Bottom left. TIA

[Pat Kiewicz]

Yours is possibly a variety of poeticus daffodil. Does it have any fragrance? Poeticus daffodils have one bloom per stem, white petals with a small crinkled disc (often with a green center, surrounded by yellow and a contrasting red or orange rim) and the flowers are fragrant.

Might be the variety called 'Pheasant's Eye."

[Merle O'Broham]

There are lots of varieties of similar daffodils in my neighborhood. Some probably date back to the turn of the century. This one is unscented. I guess I'd be happy just calling it a daffodil. Thanks. I'll google some daffodil pages.

BTW- it's funny- I'm always in the garden digging, planting, moving whatever, and this is maybe my 3rd or 4th year with the gardening bug. Now my neighbors are coming to *me* for advice.(!) I feel reluctant giving an 80 yr old advice about Lilly of the Valley or whatever. Flattering, though. .02

Thanks again.

I'll be post> Merle O'Broham said:

[Pat Kiewicz]

I did some more googling, too, and found that there are varieties of Poet's daffodils that are scentless. So maybe you can still call it that...

If you *look like* you know what you are doing, people will assume that you *do* know...

[Merle O'Broham]

Thanks Pat. I gave 'em a rub yesterday and they are lightly scented. Pheasant's Eye is exactly what they are.

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