A cheerful miniature from before 1951, Jack Snipe is a cyclamineus daffodil with swept-back white petals and a long, narrow, buttercup-yellow cup, held at a jaunty angle on 8-10″ stems. An RHS Award of Garden Merit winner that blooms for weeks, it tolerates a bit more shade and damp soil than most daffodils and is lovely naturalized in grass or tucked into rock gardens. (Not the same as plain 'Snipe', which is all white.)
Blooms: The 2¾-3" flowers have white reflexed petals and a narrow buttercup-yellow cup. It blooms early to mid-spring (March-April in the South) on 8-10" stems and keeps going for up to six weeks. Hardy in zones 3-9.
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.
Animals: Like other daffodil bulbs, critters, including deer and gophers, leave this bulb alone. Bees and other early pollinators still find their way to the blooms.