Species Narcissus: try these graceful beauties to get a head start on spring. (Plant Portrait). Country Living Gardener | January 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

As the classical Greek tale goes, a young lad named Narcissus, enamored of his good looks, spent untold time at pond's edge gazing at his image in the still water. This focused self absorption is an apt metaphor for the youths of any era, especially today. True to the story's theme, however, botanical taxonomists gave the name Narcissus to a very large group of mostly spring-blooming bulbous flowers that also have a propensity to sit by the water's edge with their heads nodding gently downward as though gazing at their reflected faces.

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