Thursday 27 March 2014

Narcissus "White Lion"



Preferred common name

Daffodil 'White Lion'

Family

Amaryllidaceae

Narcissus are bulbous herbaceous perennials with linear leaves and leafless stems bearing flowers, which may be solitary or in umbels, with 6 spreading perianth segments and a cup or trumpet-shaped corona
'White Lion' is a perennial bulb to 45cm in height, with double white flowers, the perianth segments interspersed with pale yellow fragments of trumpet. It blooms in Spring.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3587

Monday 3 March 2014

Fortune of War




"The fortune of war, I'll tell you plain, is a wooden leg or a golden chain"