Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 11a - Split-Cupped Collar
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Green
Description: 'Fls 2-3 per stem, 85mm wide, facing down; perianth segments 40mm long, ovate, blunt, mucronate, light yellow, reflexed, convex, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping at base only; the inner segments a little narrower; corona 18mm long'RHS
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: Brent & Becky Heath
Year of registration: 2011
Country of Origin: United States
Seed parent: Parisienne
Pollen parent: N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Awards: Trial Garden Award
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 14 to 16"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Sweetly scented
Flower Color: Green
Other: more green than yellow most of its life
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Trial Garden Award
Parentage: Parisienne x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus

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Common names
  • Split-Cupped Collar Daffodil
  • Daffodil
  • Collar Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Unbelievable
  • Green Ghost
  • Outer Space
  • Wild Thing

Photo Gallery
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-28
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-28
Location: Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2020-04-14
Narcissus 'Exotic Mystery’
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: April 2017
Narcissus 'Exotic Mystery'
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-24
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2019-04-28
Narcissus Exotic Mystery
Location: Harrogate Spring show, Yorkshire, England, UK 
Date: 2019-04-27
Narcissus 'Exotic Mystery'
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-11
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 31, 2013 11:06 AM concerning plant:
    European (Holland) growers (Spectrum Bulbs) for Brent and Becky's have given this cultivar various names such as 'Wild Thing', 'Outer Space', 'Green Ghost' and 'Unbelievable'.
    Quite the unusual daffodil.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 2, 2015 1:29 AM concerning plant:
    Exotic Mystery - one of our very own seedlings; a truly unusual flower that has created quite a stir in our seedling patch in Holland. Registered as yellow, it is normally more green than yellow throughout most of its life. It is such fun to watch it develop! Mid-late spring; 14"-16".
    Description by Brent and Becky's Bulbs
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