Paper White Narcissus Flower. Growing paperwhites in water. Paperwhite narcissus narcissus papyraceus is the strongest scented narcissus.
Paperwhite narcissus will grow happily and bloom with nothing more than water and stones or pebbles. Growing paperwhites in water. Narcissus look charming but pack plenty of poison into their bulbs stems and flowers.
Each stem bears up to 10 pure white flowers.
Getty images you can get away with using any number of containers to grow them in as long as they are deep. Meaning paper like one of a few species known as paperwhite is a perennial bulbous plant native to the mediterranean region from greece to portugal plus morocco and algeria the species is considered naturalized in the azores corsica texas california and louisiana. Many people keep paperwhites a white variety of narcissus in their home during the winter to force blooms for the beauty of nature while everything outdoors is dormant or dead. Narcissus have a huge root mass and won t like anything.