I like to plant in my aunts garden but I do not know anything about Narcissus... think you can help?
Yes, Narcissus is a spring plant you would most recognize as a daffodil
Oh! And what colours do they come in?
Typically yellow, white but can also come in orange or pink in garden varieties
I would love one in pink! What else do you know about these beautiful creatures?
in ancient civilisation, both medicinally and botanically, but formally described by Linnaeus in his "Species Plantarum" (1753). The genus is generally considered to have about ten sections with approximately 50 species. The number of species has varied, depending on how they are classified, due to similarity between species and hybridisation. The genus arose some time in the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene epochs, in the Iberian peninsula and adjacent areas of southwest Europe. The exact origin of the name "Narcissus" is unknown, but it
Narcissus (plant)
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, daffadowndilly, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. "Narcissus" has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.
"Narcissus" were well known