Gail Barton is author of Basic Gardening: A Guide for the Deep South. She recently retired after teaching Horticulture for 26 years and is now working as a Landscape Consultant. She blogs at http://www.yardflower.com and enjoys her 6 acre garden in Meridian, MS with her husband Richard Lowery and their 6 dogs.
 

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Grand Primo???
by Gail Barton - posted 01/23/12

 

Here is a vase full of 'Grand Primo' and other lovely January flowers.

Yesterday after much rain, I ventured out to see what was going on in the garden.

I was startled to realize that the ‘Grand Primo’ daffodils were in bloom.

‘Grand Primo’ is a small white narcissus with a creamy yellow cup.  Flowers are borne in clusters and are very fragrant.  It is one of my favorite daffodils.

‘Grand Primo’, in my experience, blooms in late February or early March.

And yet – here it was in January.

I didn’t know quite what to think.

I was delighted to see it and yet sad that it would soon be gone.

 

 

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Jean McWeeney - 01/23/2012

Mine are blooming too. Last year I rescued them from on old homesite in late February while they were in bloom. So yes, very early this year!
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