Piccolini

Olé, you have to go to Spain in the spring to really enjoy this Narcissus.

Piccolini is namely selected from the Narcissus asturiensis growing wild in Spain, it is a real wild Narcissus and occurs there in large numbers in nature. I have seen it bloom like dandelions in Spain, you can drive for hours to regularly encounter thousands of these flowers in roadsides, on mountain slopes and in meadows.

This selection of the asturiensis I got from an Irish Narcissus friend and breeder Brian Duncan. This is a good Carlos, he told me when he gave it to me: beautiful flowers, rich flowering and it grows a lot better than its kind. Try growing it, and if it is good, give it a nice name.

I didn't know that you could also give a name to plants that occur in the wild, but Brian told me that if you select one and grow it from 1 bulb as a clone, so that they are all uniform, you can give them a name. Piccolini seemed like a nice name for this perky, cheerful little rascal. A lovely Daffodil to grow in pots, but also fantastic to let grow wild somewhere in a deserted spot in the garden.

The Piccolini really blooms early in the spring, just after the snowdrops it appears. It doesn't care about hard frost and winter showers, it is a real wild Narcissus, extremely strong. In all weathers it is always just as beautiful.