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Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Narcissus 'Yellow Cheerfulness' syn. Narcissus 'Ruth Fox'

 

Daffodil 'Yellow Cheerfulness' (Double)

A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. 'Yellow Cheerfulness' bears the highly fragrant clusters of blooms on tall slender stems. The ruffled, double centres are a rich yellow with lemon-yellow outer petals.

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plant Features
  • Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Daffodil 'Yellow Cheerfulness' (Double)

Latin name

Narcissus 'Yellow Cheerfulness' syn. Narcissus 'Ruth Fox'

type

Bulb

family

Amaryllidaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Daffodil Yellow Cheerfulness (Double) is 0.50meters x 0.23meters 0.50 M 0.23 M

Narcissus 'Yellow Cheerfulness' syn. Narcissus 'Ruth Fox'

A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. 'Yellow Cheerfulness' bears the highly fragrant clusters of blooms on tall slender stems. The ruffled, double centres are a rich yellow with lemon-yellow outer petals.


Planting Outdoors

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Plant out bulbs in early autumn. They should have 3 or 4 inches of soil above the top of them.

 

Flowering Season

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Almost all varieties flower in late winter or early spring. Each bulb produces one or more flower stems, each with one or more blooms.

 
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