#narcissus
Plant of the Day
Saturday 2 April 2022
The milk-white flowers of Narcissus ‘Thalia’ (daffodil) are blending with other spring flowering species including a very pale Primula vulgaris (primrose) and the blue Anemone blanda (Balkan anemone, Grecian windflower, winter windflower).
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Friday 1 April 2022
This small species daffodil Narcissus cyclamineus (cyclamen-flowered daffodil) is distinctive due to the bright yellow narrow, reflexed perianth segments and slender trumpets. The narrow black leaves forming a contrast with the flowers are from Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ (black mondo).
Jill Raggett
Bust of an ephebe (Narcissus leaning on a pillar)
Marble, Roman copy of a Greek original of the late 5th century BC.
Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums, Rome