Narcissus tazetta italicus is also frequently encountered. It has slightly twisted, creamy white flowers with a pale yellow cup.

For this year, you can buy prechilled bulbs to use. Probably the easiest bulb to force into bloom is the paperwhite (Narcissus tazetta) because it does not require the chilling period.

'Grand Primo' narcissus Another reliable flowering bulb is the cheerful 'Grand Primo' narcissus (Narcissus tazetta). In March, small daffodil-like blooms appear in clusters on foot-high stalks.

These can also be forced indoors, in pots, during the winter: Narcissus tazetta 'Erlicheer': Each stalk produces a miniature but dense bouquet of fragrant, creamy white, many-petaled blossoms.

Our main species, which appears very early, seems to be Narcissus tazetta, which is native to a number of places, including the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East.

It’s a natural hybrid between a jonquil (N. jonquilla) and a narcissus (N. tazetta). Texas Star jonquils are also sterile (seedless), so only multiply by division. They have a fabulous fragrance.

They are Narcissus tazetta, a more perfumed relative of the common paperwhites. The blossoms are about the size of a silver dollar, snow-white, sometimes with a small yellow cup at the center.

Q: A: I bought some narcissus bulbs called “Tazetta.” Can I force these bulbs to bloom in a container? – Cliff Gibbs, San Bernardino Tazetta and Tazetta hybrids are a perfect bulb… ...

Instead, a flower with white petals encircling a yellow centre lays in its place, namely, the daffodil. A daffodil or ‘Narcissus tazetta’. KENPEI/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA ...

For this year, you can buy prechilled bulbs to use. Probably the easiest bulb to force into bloom is the paperwhite (Narcissus tazetta) because it does not require the chilling period.