For The Bench

A delicate flower, a cross of Limequilla and species triandrus. Pale relexed petals, rich, pendant, and bulbous, cup. We find Churchfield Bells attractive and memorable in the mixed border, more than other triandrus, for reasons we cannot verbalize.

Sired by Corofin, Clovelly Ayr is a bright and scented late poeticus from Ron Scamp.

A white large cupped daffodil from Clive Postles with a very softly colored yellow cup, for competition.

Colonial White, An all white large cup from Grant Mitsch. Limited stock.

Commodore Perry is a showy and commanding pink cup from the armada of the late Dr. John R. Reed of Michigan. Even though the Commodore is an intermediate, his extra large caliber gun and broad sails will quickly scuttle the opposition. Said to be sun-pro

After the mad rush if April is over it is easy to look at the photographic record and judge : "Bloom too old and creppy, Bloom too immature, curled and pale." Contralto makes an intense sunproof cerise-pink cup. How much pink in the cup is variable. Experience says it is better to pick too early than pick too late. This is a very good daffodil for competition.

A large cupped Yellow / Orange with a distinct narrow snout. With his broad perianth Corby is surely suited for competition.

From Trigonometry and Diversity, Cosine is a Brian Duncan Split cup with a broad, and only slightly interrupted, coral-colored corona. Limited quantities.

A slim and colorful jonquil, you can never be too slender or too pink. Fragrant, floriferous and vigorous.

Flair, fun, and fansome : Country Roads is like a colorful Ice Follies all dolled up for a trip to town. Not at all dusty but rather tall, straight, and striking in the border. Like all things Van Der Veek, Country Roads gives good stem.

Here is an intensely colored Orange / Red large cup that is fecund. Offspring include Rockin Goose, Cameo Flush and Hot Lava. Creag Dubh is daffodil for the competition and for breeding.

We were blindsided by the triumph of Crowndale, so proud and powerful, we carried around a pot of this daffodil for weeks, to lectures ,to shows, to the dining room, to the front window. A Clive Postles double, Crowndale is descended from Tahiti: in competition a bit more organized, muscular, and a bit richer in color.

An all white large cup from Bill Pannill that has been around for a long while , but seldom seen these days. All white collectors will want some Crystal Blanc in their gardens.

A miniature, rich yellow jonquil, Curlylocks is bright and ruffly - all of the charm and companionship of a lap dog without the shedding. One to three one inch pugnacious blooms on a scape. US bred. Rare. ADS Classic.

Cutting Edge

Dailmanach produces a pink-colored cup that is unforgettable, singular and difficult to pigeon hole. Daimanach is also the Genghis Khan of pink cups : more widespread and winning offspring than you can shake a stamen at. We love it as a stand-out in the garden too.

Broad white petals with a coy green eye. Much Sought after. ADS Historic, ADS Classic. Tall and late, it plays well with others: We put it on the May floral market. A bloom of great beauty and poise that defines elegance : one we cannot imagine living without. A proud parent both ways.

Perfectly hexagonal white and peach broad split cup will put a hex on your garden bed. Kind of like dancing the tarantella, but for daffodils. Recent van der Veek introduction.

Kick up your heels for a recent and reliably pink colored split cup from Carlos van der Veek. Split cups tend to bloom early and hold well, take them for a spin in the vase. For all of his "Dance"named cultivars, I have yet to see Carlos on the dance floor.

Colin Crotty has bred numerous daffodils with deep red in the cup rim. We enjoyed growing this daffodil a lot : we got extreme frilliness but maybe not the intense red that we have seen from others on the bench. Deb's Jewel is an exuberant bloom from New Zealand.

If you had a flat face with a broad pink rim perhaps your mother would have named you Dena too. Dena the Daff is so popular we can't keep her in stock. With a face like that we would be just as popular too. From Brian Duncan.

Another scion of Pacific Rim from Brian Duncan, this one coy and rounded with an orange rim. Daffodil show judges snap to attention whenever an entry is labeled Pacific Rim, with more variations than Goldberg. Ribbon material.

The jonquilla Desert Bells makes two or four tidy and flattened white flowers per scape. Cup mellows to a light lemon. A late blooming dwarf that is at ease in the rock garden, in the pot or on the bench. Show winner. By Grant Mitsch.

Doctor Bill

If this is what histrionic behavior in a flower looks like then bring it on. Remarkable color and form in Brian Duncan's split-cupped Drama Queen. We have only small numbers of her to offer at this time.

A formidable all-white small cup Draycote Water is descended from Princess Zaide who is disappearing from the commercial trade. Like its father Draycote excels in the landscape and on the show bench. Maybe a bit better at both if you are looking for a white small cup, that is.

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