Bulbocodium Mary Poppins

Narcissus Bulbocodium Mary Poppins, 10 YY, Walter JM Blom, 2015

Daffodils that look like this are called 'Hoop Skirt Daffodils', a nice name.

This cheerful Narcissus I got as a seedling from a friend who is a Narcissus lover. Because she didn't have a name yet, I asked my Facebook friends for fun. Fantastic what a waterfall of names were suggested;

Petticoat, Crinoline, Buttercup, Sissi, Hoopskirt, Baby Doll, Hula Dancer, Prettycoat, Eggcup, Yella Bella, Tu Tu, Hoola Hoop, Cuppa, Zlatko, Rockefeller, Yellow Cab, Weddingdress, Miniskirt, Mary Go Round, Prima Ballerina, Roundabout, Trumpet Go Go, too many to mention...

Mary Poppins was the first to be suggested and that was a bull's eye for me, I think this name really suits this Daffodil. The nice thing about Mary Poppins is, besides her happy flowers of course, that she blooms incredibly long and richly. When the first flowers have withered, a second batch of flowers is already in bloom and when they bloom you see new buds coming out of the ground.

Truly unique as long as Mary Poppins is singing in the garden.