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Key characteristics

Family: Amaryllidaceae
Height: 14 to 18 in
Flower color: Creamy white petals with a pale yellow cup often tinged with soft apricot or peach tones
Foliage color: Medium green, narrow strap-shaped leaves
Bloom time: Early to mid spring
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate
Maintenance: Low, remove spent flowers to prevent seed formation, allow foliage die back naturally before removal
Growing zone: USDA zones 3 to 8
Wildlife: Occasional visits from bees and other spring pollinators

Bulbs

Narcissus 'Salome'

Salome Daffodil

Narcissus 'Salome' features creamy white petals surrounding a softly flared cup that opens pale apricot and matures to warm peach tones through the bloom period. Slender, blue-green foliage forms upright clumps that give the plant a fresh, orderly appearance as flowers emerge. The overall habit is graceful and well balanced, with each stem presenting a single bloom that adds gentle color shifts to spring plantings.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Early to mid spring

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Under Trees
Woodland Gardens
Containers

Companion plants

Astilbes · Foxgloves · Bergenias · Sedums · Forget-me-nots · Japanese anemones

Design tip

The early flowers arrive when the garden is still waking up, so give it a spot you pass often in spring. Plant in generous groups rather than single spots, and set them among perennials whose new growth covers the fading foliage.