Description
The lovely “sea daffodil” is a denizen of Mediterranean shores where its deeply seated bulbs produce clusters of attractive blue-grey, daffodil-like leaves which die away in the summer.
When the temperature falls and water levels increase so the foliage is succeeded by stout stems bearing clusters of large, crystalline, heavy-textured, white flowers which have a tremendous perfume. The scent of this drifting on a gentle breeze, in the evening cool following a bake in the sun is one of life’s joys and is so typical of Mediterranean evenings near the coast.
This does well here, planted in deep sandy soil at the base of a south-facing wall and it does need deep planting, in a fertile but very sharply-drained sandy soil to flower well in the UK, though with warmer temperatures, growth and flowering are becoming more reliable.
Picture from Wikipedia by Tirreno (own work) under CC BY-SA 3.0