Description

Narcissus Westward is a refined, mid-season daffodil that brings subtle elegance and strong garden performance to Irish spring planting schemes. Each 35–45 cm stem bears crisp white petals that frame a lemon-yellow, lightly frilled cup — offering just enough contrast to lift designs without overpowering neighbouring plantings. Its slightly ruffled corona and clean form make it ideal for mixed borders, verge edges, and community-maintained beds where consistency and clarity are key.

Flowering in April, Westward excels in full sun or light dappled shade and adapts well to a variety of soil types — from structured sandy loams to moderately heavy garden soils. It performs reliably in Irish urban beds, roadside strips, and estate entrance plantings, showing resilience to wind, rain, and fluctuating spring temperatures. Its upright growth and tidy foliage lend themselves to formal layouts as well as more relaxed, layered bulb compositions.

While not scented, the flowers have a broad, open shape that supports pollinators — especially hoverflies and emerging bumblebee queens during that mid-season bloom window. It works particularly well as a bridge between early and late flowering bulbs in succession planting, helping maintain momentum in spring colour displays.

Westward pairs beautifully with Scilla siberica, Tulip Calgary, or low-growing Anemone blanda for spring tapestry planting in verges, schools, church plots, or public footpath zones where modest scale and visual brightness are appreciated. Also effective in reflective garden schemes, especially when paired with ornamental grasses or low-growing herbaceous planting.