Description
A very long name for a dear, little flower, Narcissus canaliculatus is a miniature polyanthus (many flowered), which makes it not only pretty tiny but also that there are three or four flowers per stem. Each flower is like a little fried quail’s egg with its neat, golden yellow cup surrounded by a skirt of slightly reflexing white petals in its perianth. For such a tiny flower it can really pack a punch in the smell department with that amazingly sweet fragrance exclusive to the Narcissi family. Apart from their obvious beauty and their smell, is that they naturalise really well so that if left alone they actually improve and spread and become more of a feature.