| Scientific Name: | Narcissus cvs. |
| Common Name: | daffodil |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spring bulb 15-75cm tall in flower; leaves basal, strap-like, linear, most cultivars 10-40cm long x 0.4-2cm wide, margin entire; flowers commonly solitary (some have 2-20 florets in umbels), 6 tepals surround a cup-like corona, most bright yellow to cream, some with orange, pink, or red coronas; capsules 3-chambered, papery to leathery, with many seeds. | |