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pheasant's eye

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pheasant's eye
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an annual ranunculaceous plant, Adonis annua (or autumnalis), with scarlet flowers and finely divided leaves: native to S Europe but naturalized elsewhere
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a type of narcissus, Narcissus poeticus, that has white petals and a small red-ringed cup
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Daffodils are starting to go over, but in the grass under the young apple trees, the late flowering pheasant's eye narcissi are opening their sweetly scented flowers.
week in erddig; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Q FOUR years ago I bought 200 Pheasant's eye narcissus bulbs that I naturalised under fruit trees.
Your LIFE: Gardener's QUESTION TIME; GARDENING Pippa has presented ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Once the last tulip has dropped its petals, and the scent of the last pheasant's eye narcissus has faded into the air, we're done thinking about bulbs until late summer.
GARDEN LIFE; Add a lily bit of colour for a bright summer by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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