Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Description: Entry is for a mix offered by several vendors - mix is called 'Echo' - referring to characteristic of a white circle in the flower's center.
Bloom season: Spring
Origin of name: Mix - a shared characteristic of colors in some daffodils, see description above.
Links: DaffSeek - Daffodil Database
RHS - Daffodil Register

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Daffodil

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Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2023-02-26
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 1 April 2014
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 2014-05-10
Planted under a dwarf crabapple
Location: N. Illinois, zone 5b
Date: 2014-05-03
The package for these "Halo"s showed that some would be white.
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 4, 2014 7:24 PM concerning plant:
    Entry is for a daffodil mix offered by several vendors. Some of these mixes share the characteristic (called 'halo') exemplified by a white circle in the center of the daffodil flower best illustrated by the cultivar 'Intrigue'. Springhill Nursery.
    Another mix is a mix of div. 2 cultivars - Delibes, Flower Record, and Pink Charm. Dutch Bulbs.
    Michigan Bulb Co. also offers a mix named 'Halo'.

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