Sunny, fragrant, and generous with its blooms, Golden Dawn is a Narcissus tazetta hybrid that carries clusters of golden-yellow flowers, each with a soft orange cup, on every stem. It picks up just as the earliest daffodils fade and carries the garden into spring — a dependable performer in warm Southern gardens.
Blooms: Each stem holds several sunshine-yellow flowers with pale orange-gold cups, so a single stem makes a bouquet. It blooms in mid- to late March in the South (April-May in zone 5) on 12-16" stems and is hardy in zones 6-8. Plant it in a group and enjoy the drift of gold from a distance.
Plant: Plant the bulb like most daffodils in 6+ hours of winter sun, well-drained soil, avoid standing water, and avoiding too much competition. Plant the bulbs about 2-3 times the size of the bulb (so if the bulb is 1 inch long, plant it 2-3 inches deep). If you are farther north and get very cold during the winter, you may want to plant it about 4-6 inches deep. Space the holes about 3-6 inches apart, and for a more natural looking display, consider planting 2-3 bulbs in each hole.
Landscaping Tip: Narcissus bloom at different times so as one daffodil is ending its bloom time another is just beginning. We like to say that "there is a bulb that blooms every week of the year in warmer climates." Your garden can have consistent flowers that you can enjoy inside or outside for months and carry you all the way from February through April.
Fragrance: Golden Dawn has a light, sweet tazetta fragrance. This fragrance adds an extra dimension of beauty to the flower and draws pollinators like bees and butterflies.
Animals: Like other daffodil bulbs, critters, including deer and gophers, leave this bulb alone. However, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators are attracted to the blooms and sweet-smelling flowers. There are so many blooms on each stalk that they don't have to fight over each flower.