Narcissus ‘Avalanche’ (Tazetta Daffodil)

Strongly fragrant and vigorous, award-winner Narcissus ‘Avalanche’ bears showy clusters of up to 10-20 small flowers with white petals and bowl-shaped, brilliant greenish-yellow cups in mid-spring. Creating an entire bouquet by itself, it used to be called Daffodil ‘Seventeen Sisters’ in the 1700s as a reflection of its profuse flowering. Because of its strong stem and sweet scent, this heirloom Tazetta Daffodil makes excellent cut flowers. Ideal for warmer climates, it is a great naturalizer and perfect for indoor forcing.

• Grows up to 14-18 in. tall (35-45 cm).
• This perennial bulb is a recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society and many others.
• Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Keep the soil moist during the growing season, but reduce watering after foliage begins to die back.
• This Daffodil is a welcomed addition to beds, borders, containers, around shrubs, and under deciduous trees. Provides spectacular drifts of color when planted en masse or mixed with any other flowering bulbs. For best visual impact, plant in groups (at least 6 bulbs).
• Deer and rabbit resistant!
• Propagate by removing offsets as the leaves fade in early summer
• Ingestion may cause severe discomfort. Can also be a skin irritant.
• Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.
• Tazetta Narcissus group include very short-cupped, sweetly fragrant, mid-sized daffodils bearing multiple flowers, up to 3-20 per sturdy stem. Many are not hardy to the more northern climates but are terrific performers in USDA Zones 5-9. Excellent for forcing (this division includes the world-famous but tender paperwhites), they also naturalize readily in wet-winter, dry-summer climates. Suitable as garden plants or for cutting, most bloom in mid-late spring.