Description

Narcissus White Petticoat is a captivating cultivar, also known as the “hoop petticoat” daffodil, offering a unique architectural shape with high aesthetic and ecological value. Each flower stands 15–20 cm tall and features an exaggerated flared corona in gleaming white, resembling a crinoline or petticoat skirt, with almost invisible narrow petals tucked behind. Flowering early in the spring season, this distinctive form adds variety, texture, and delicacy to miniature bulb schemes and specialist planting areas.

White Petticoat thrives in sharply drained, gritty or sandy soils in full sun. It’s particularly well-suited to alpine troughs, gravel gardens, roof gardens, and low urban planters. It also thrives in poor or stony soils, making it ideal for south-facing slopes, green roofs, old walls, and wildflower-style gravel meadows. In more formal schemes, it can be used in troughs at school or hospital entrances, institutional beds, or under glass in heritage conservatories.

Though petite, the blooms are rich in pollen and easily accessed by short-tongued bees and hoverflies, providing valuable early forage during the crucial pre-apple blossom window. When massed together, they deliver a cloud-like effect and naturalise well with little effort. Ideal companions include Crocus Cream Beauty, Tulipa tarda, and Muscari azureum for mixed early flowering displays.