Miniature Jonquils

These small lemon jonquils flower right in the middle of spring, when the bright yellow miniature trumpet daffodils are finishing. They are easy to miss in the riot of yellow, so I grow them on the edge of the border.

Miniature Lemon Jonquils

I wonder why I call these flowering spring bulbs jonquils? I've always called this type of daffodil by that name. My reference book crustily (and no doubt properly) uses the correct term Narcissus - that's no help!

Masses of Yellow

Miniature daffodils (or jonquils) are very beautiful additions to my mid-september garden, blooming right at the time of the equinox. By this time many other clumps of daffodils are blooming - I like the contrasts of size and colour very much.

Spring Flowers

These pretty spring flowers have the added advantage that they don't blow to the ground in the wind. Often after rain I'll find many casualties with their faces in the soil, but the miniatures will still be upright.

You'll see in this picture that I have one patch of normal yellow trumpet daffodils growing in the lawn. It's a bit of a nuisance, but the results every year are lovely. The person who mows the lawns needs to be quite understanding - after flowering the stalks must be left to die off naturally.