Large Cupped Daffodils

Colin Crotty has bred numerous daffodils with deep red in the cup rim. We enjoyed growing Deb's Jewel a lot : we got extreme frilliness and rich contrasty color but maybe not the intense red that we have seen from other environs on the bench. Something easy to take to a daffodil show. Deb's Jewel is an exuberant bloom from New Zealand.

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This flawless David Jackson all white large cup has been around for a long while, and certainly around the world. From Tasmania Dust Up is new to our list.

A frill-cup that is also a thrill-cup, ever ready for coronation in the garden. Substantial, trumpet like blooms with a lot of regal pomp and presence. Recent introduction.

Our flower grower's collective tallied up the sales figures and white flowers were number one, followed closely by anything green. Emerald Green is a large cup, but just, with very broad white petals and a spot of deep emerald green in the eye. A vigorous grower for cut, bench or border. An extra plus ? It's a Grant Mitsch variety, known for their perfection and health. Volume discounts.

Late blooming all white large cup. Very small stock. Eve Robertson

A reverse bi color that is strong on all points, weak on none. Consistent, rounded, dandy and neat with strong contrasting color, we find Flor d'Luna to be easily best in class. From Clive Postle in his salad days.

A newly registered bodacious orange cupped seedling from Dr. John Reed. As bold and mellifluous as the Flügelhorn of Chuck Mangione.

A Dr John Reed White / Pink large cup. Just a handful available.

Often I wish there was a common term for large cupped daffs like this with a broad flat and bunched at the center corona. Like Slim Whitman, Pride of Lions, It's a Date, or Dinner Plate, Goudgele Rakker is all about that cup, with the perianth in a supporting role . New Introduction, According to the hybridizer: " Freely translated 'Golden Yellow Mate', this is what we sometimes say in Holland for a pint of beer." Will bring happy camaraderie to the mixed border for sure.

A well-known and well-regarded dependable pink cup from John Reed. Mid western sensible, mid western nice.

I think that I will alway grow Greetham. It makes such a handsome an perfect bloom everytime that it allays my gardener's inferiority complex and bolsters confidence at show time. It has ribs, but in a strengthening positive way. Fabulous color.

Van Der Veek seedlings tend to be large flowered on strong stems: bred to grow vigorously and stand out in the landscape. This gringo is really free spirited and corpulent, a fruity color that is not sulfury at all.

A stellar, but older, just-registered, bi-colored large cupped seedling from Brian Duncan. As for the name, "Hard to Beat" may be accurate: in Ireland may be a bit "cheeky", but in New York that's just plain old chutzpeh. Coming to a daffodil show near you soon.

Cross of Fiona Mc Killiop x Queen'­s Guard.

This registration was at first refused as there was an previous "Hassan" that no one alive has ever seen. I am guessing at the color classification. This Hassan is a vigorous grower and I think has a place in the landscape. A van der Veek introduction.

Wide white and yellow funnel-shaped small cup from Clive Postles. Fertile both ways.

Hyperbole proclaims its superiority by sporting broad swept back rounded whites petals and an intense red megaphone cup. Hyperbole should be in your competition arsenal. A Brian Duncan daffodil cultivar of great dramatic poise.

The amorously named I Love You makes a peerless beautiful white bloom. A perfect balance of restraint and joy, I Love You is a strong grower who will take on many lovers at the show. Large cupped.


I have a favorite one... I Love You. That's one that I bred myself and it won first prize at the show in England. then it was still only numbers. And all the old guys were talking about the daffodils and I thought I'd make fun out of them by calling it I Love You so now they have to say I Love You all the time. - Carlos van der Veek.

With a face like this anyone would be easy to find in a crowd. Looks to be a daffodil crossed with a Temple orange. A robust and substantial split cup from the Netherands.

A taller, white petaled maiden with an ample, profound-orange, and frilled disc-cup that can become reflexed. Patrimony is unknown, but she is a great example of this form, much more substantial and upright than Professor Einstein who has all but disappeared from cultivation. Jacquline brings a sunny and easy disposition wherever she goes. ADS Historic.

An older all-golden show flower Nial Watson's Janet's Gold is always poised to perform in competition : form, color, substance. New to us this year.

Daffodil love is a playful affair. Jeu d'Amour's lobed cup transitions from pale yellow to a deep crustacean pink. Broad, white, mucronate perianth of great substance. Breathtaking in the bed and vase. A recent van der Veek introduction. Jeu d'Amour is

All white La Delicatesse is a well-named large cup. Refined and elegant the frilled trumpet makes you look twice, and then again. A balance of detail and form, a superior cultivar all around. La DÈlicatesse is a proven winner on the show bench. Four inch flowers bloom above the foliage. the leaves.

Smooth and rounded swell pink large cup. Ladymeade's intense color comes from her being a part of the Dailmanach Dynasty.

The much sought after Lavender Hope is back again this year, in slightly larger numbers. Another member of the house of Dailmanach, this time via Dr. John Reed.

We are very enamored with Little Spring King, he is one of Carlo's smaller-sized seedlings.Consistently cute as Prince Harry : royal good posture, radiates confidence and blooms well out of the leaves. A triple threat : good for pot culture, good for the rockery, good for exhibition.

An antique pink cup that is lovely in the border, pot and bench. Deeply lobed and frilled cup funnels a sweet perfume that differentiates this happy flower. Color can be variable depending on our spring weather. Smelligant.A perennial favorite.

When the fees from the streaming service for viewing Love Actually start to show up on my charge card I know that Christmas time has arrived at our house. As much as we too like to see Hugh Grant prance and flirt, when this all white large cup from Carlos van der Veek starts throwing blooms likewise we know that Spring and daffodil show time has arrived. Showing up at a daffodil show with this affordable daff is like arriving anywhere with a rom-com movie star on your arm. Great form and geometry, easy to find a winning stem. Registered in 2026.