Lesley, actual Narcissus tazetta is not very winter-hardy in the Pacific Northwest; you may have been growing hybrids. There are many rapidly increasing Narcissus species that are, however. N. jonquilla and N. pseudonarcissus subsp, obvallaris naturalize here, and I think the one I received as N. readinganorum, now also sunk in N. pseudonarcissus, would as well. N. poeticus would be suitable, but is not inexpensive. There are some hybrids that will naturalize, as well. When I lived in the country I had good luck with 'Flower Record' and 'Ice Follies'. Fritillaria meleagris self-sows enthusiastically here, including in a spot with Camassia, but deer would eat it -- they visit here rarely but so far this year have attacked only Crocus foliage. They don't bother the many species Paeonia here, and P. daurica will naturalize freely by seed. Best regards, Jane On 4/15/2025 11:18 AM, Lesley Richardson via pbs wrote: > Oh my. We had deer, and elk, and pocket gophers, and California ground > squirrels, and snowshoe hares, and wild turkeys. My gardens got eaten every > year but some plants survived and thrived. Unfortunately, also we have deer > here where I live and rabbits and they have actually been in our back yard > when the yard gate is left open. The meadow area is out front. So no point > in planting expensive deer food. I did not know this. No wonder I had so > few Camas plants. I can keep the back yard safe from deer at least. The > fences are 6-foot high and solid so the deer don't jump over. > Seems that the mass planting will be Narcissi Tazetta instead. Nothing > touched those over on the East side because, of course, they are poisonous. > Pity. I was trying to establish a large area of Camas because they are such > lovely native plants. > Lesley > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM Jane McGary via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Lesley wrote, >> >>> I planted a pound of camas seed when I lived on the East side of the >>> Cascades. I got maybe 50 plants and those took 3 years to flower and >> hardly >>> spread in the 13 years I was over there. >> If deer were present, that may be why these plants did not flourish. It >> does take 3 or 4 years to flower from seed, and some years deer will eat >> all the flowering stems. >> >> Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum latest: >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…