Description
(Narcissus x dezanus)
This is an old cross between asturiensis and cyclamineus registered before the first world war and now heading for 100 years in cultivation. The cross has apparently been found in the wild and it has been named botanically, however Minicycla is one clone from this wider cross, (the wide cross is christened N. x dezanus) and we are thus retaining the horticultural name for it.
Dwarf stems, to 10 cm, carry dark-gold, straight sided, elongated trumpets which flare at the very end. Behind sits slightly reflexing petals in a perfect star.
This is best out in the garden, in a humus-rich soil in light shade. The stock originally came as a gift from the astounding garden, ‘Wavertree’, of the late Frank Waley at Sevenoaks in Kent and though this is the original stock, Frank did comment that the bee-made hybrids of the same parentage had appeared many times in his garden. He christened it “accidentalis”.
