All Daffodils

A recent yellow and white triandrus with modulating colors on its way to the final chorus. Floriferous, scented, and substantial with lovely color. A reverse bi-color. From Chipper , inherits the lovely velvety substance. Named after the Beatles record album released in 1969.

A record album was a disc that stored music and aural data in wavy grooves embossed in vinyl. See also the Fab Four.

Bringing more rock and roll glamour to the modern New Zealand garden party, Abraxis is a scented, broad petaled, and wavy tazetta hybrid dressed in white and orange. Early to arrive to the fete. From Grand Monarch.

Arguably the most successful daffodil breeder of all time, this miniature all-white trumpet is an encomium to Alec Gray. Stunningly well formed. A joy wherever he goes. Garden State bred.

A newer double that is most like a lotus blossom when it opens a mild- yellow with an alluring symmetry. As Ambon matures into clear white and pale yellow it gets wide and wild. This is a superior cultivar, I am surprised that it is not offered more widely. A fine cut flower, in the landscape Ambon blooms a bit in the leaves.

This Daffodil is named for a city in the Moluccas in Indonesia, once a Dutch colony before they were asked to leave after the Second World War.

As we have pointed out elsewhere pink cupped jonquilla are a bit of a rare bird. Amore Mio is pink-cupped, lush, lightly blushed and floriferous. A sophisticated van der Veek seedling

Androcles pulled a thorn from the paw of a pursuing lion who in turn befriended him for life. Androcles the daffodil has calmed and dethorned us also: we depend on this double daffodil in large numbers for the vase and the border. Its broad, softly cream colored, and long lasting blooms project a quiet roar . There are a lot of pale white / yellow doubles, but all- whites are more rare. Bred by the American Bill Pannill, a businessman who created many perfect blooms one at at time.

All the people are waiting for Angel Face,
She said she'd meet them down at their favorite place.
Dressed in yellow satin, white linen and lace,
She stood so high with a smile on her face.

Here's a pedigreed child: poppy is a species jonquil and mumsy a species triandrus. Angel's Breath is a vigorous grower and should be widely adaptable. We also list her sister, Angel's Whisper, who is similar. About 20 years old, Tasmanian bred. Small and robust. ADS Miniature.

Angel's Whisper : An equally robust sister to Angel's Breath. Both are a species Jonquil x species triandrus cross. From Tasmania.

Beefy and bright April Queen is an older variety that is enjoying a newly found cult of admirers. A stellar landscape daffodil : Plant a few bulbs and in a couple of turns of the planet you will have a Queen'e entourage. Blooms bright, tall and well out of the leaves. In zone 6a she is more of an early May Queen.

April Tears is an Alec Gray cross of species N.jonquilla and N.triandrus. An ol dfavorite of the division. Blooms too late to be of much use above zone 7a, Seed parent to the terrific Tripartite, similar to Hawera. Triandrus seem to prefer slightly acidic soil over alkaline.

A new introduction, Arctic Bells is a bulbocodium from Walter Blom. It is classified as a Yellow-Yellow, but it is more of a white flower, in the way that White petticoat is white. We were surprised to see the seed parent is the perfect bloomer : Border Beauty, picture attached. Who would think of that ?

A stunning all white large cup. More an ivory color than a clear white with a profound green eye. Possesses a regal, royal wave in the cup for all that pass by. Strength in numbers. Daughter of the widely grown Misty Glen.

An antique double. A truly joyous bloomer that deserves a place in any border or cottage garden. Daughter of Telamonious Plenus and Ornatus. Given the parentage Argent should be expected to perform in the deep south, but I can't find any explicit mentions of that.

Rounded profile, the small cup is richly colored and broad. Towards maturity the segments of Arid Plains blanch from solid yellow to partially white. From Brian Duncan.

A flower so sought after that we can't keep it in house. Large perfect all white large cup, Ashton Wold has a place in the landscape and on the bench.

N. assoanus subsp.assoanus var.assoanus. Section jonquilla. Native to Spain and southern France. A lovely grower, good for breeding.

Astrid's Memory: White and Yellow small cupped show daffodil from Clive Postles.

Vivid two toned yellow offspring of Avalanche. You will need both hands and some toes to count the number of blooms on each scape. An ideal example of what makes Tazettas such great flowers in the garden and in the vase. Needs southern exposure and winter protection in Zone 6. A creation of the late Bill 'the Bulb Baron' Welch.

Hands down our pick for a white miniature daffodil. Aviva from Leone Low, a charming small miniature with clear star perianth and trumpet Leone named this daffodil after the daughter of her maid of honor. Aviva is the Swahili word for life. ADS Miniature.

Ballistic. Bright perfectly formed, well structured double with 4 inch blooms. Full throated Kiwi style from New Zealand. There is a lot of crowd swell for this daffodil, it has a very bright future in the commercial market. Photographs don't do Ballistic justice. You will so want this daffodil when you see it. We did.

Here's a lively new bulbocodium introduction. Cup is lightly ribbed. She is not registered as such, but for the time being we are listing it as Ballroom Belle. It was acquired as Blom Hoop 2 - 146.

An older orange large cupped daffodil, Banker is dependable and easily produces a flawless, substantial, and winning bloom.

Barri Conspicuous is one of the founding members of the Iron Ladies and Marathon Men Daffodil Club. A very old Backhouse seedling, aka Conspicuus, has broad petals for an antique, a long 90 degree neck, and a yellow petal color that transmogrifies to creamy white. The cup is a pleasing yet intense yellow orange with just the right amount of Victorian frilly bling. A truly great landscape flower that has been dug and replanted for 150 years, and with good reason. ADS Historic.

The Barr Family were well established daffodil merchants in London by the turn of the 20th century . The appellation "Barrii" or sometimes "Barri" was an early attempt at classification and was applied to many poeticus / pseudo narcissus crosses that they marketed. The tall stems of modern cultivars likely descends from these early crosses of the upright poeticus species. The Barri nomenclature is now commonly dropped.

An old an bright small-cup, Narcissus Bath's Flame was once widely grown as a cut flower. A true classic that will never go out of style. Lithe and long lived. Based on the intense color that is coaxed out of the cup in the Dutch spring weather I think this daffodil would be classified as red, not orange in the cup if it was newly introduced today,

The daffodil diggers of North Holland consider themselves to be tough guys. It is never good to be "soft" and they will let you know it -- early and often. But here is the softest colored pink cup ever, and where does it come from ? But straight out of tough guy land. I think our florist friends will swoon and soften for Beau Beauté. She is a bit like High Society that has completed a course of anger management. New introduction from Carlos van der Veek.

New Introduction, White and yellow, pink-rimmed large cupped daffodil for competition from Brian Duncan.

We hesitate to deem Beautiful Dream as a good "filler" flower for the bouquet, although it succeeds any way you see fit to use it. Because of its gentle nature and its ability to elevate its neighbors, you may overlook its strength, frilly cup and lovely coloration. Like all things Grant Mitsch there is perfection here, but perfection does not exclude gentleness. Pollen and seed fertile. Granddaughter of China White. Don't be shy, we have a good stock of this daffodil.

Slender snouted and flared in pale pink, Beautiful Lady is ready-made for competition and vase-eye-candy. A newer Duncan seedling from the greatly missed Chanson.

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Burgerbrug is a town in north Holland that is a hotbed of daffodil culture. Burgerbrug translates loosely to "The Citizen's Bridge". Unless you go down to the actual bridge, which is a kind of floating, single-lane drawbridge contraption, then you are in the neighborhood of "Burgervlotbrug" - The Citizen's Floating Bridge. Not for the faint of heart.

This is Carlo's encomium to his hometown and I am genuinely stunned at its beauty, an overlapping perianth update to Queen of the North, or something along those lines. New Introduction in 2023. Good stock.

Bebob is an Alec Gray miniature Jonquil with rich two-toned yellow color. Ma and Pa Bebop were both species, Daddy appears to be a poeticus. Confident like Mary Lou Williams and punchy like Dizzy Gillespie. Scented and petite.

Bell Fly is a recent posthumous introduction from Walter Blom, and what a high-spirited cyclamineus it is. Dare we say that it is broader, longer and more zippy than daffodil Iwona that we love so much ? Not pink, but orange cupped. An early dwarf, vigorous. We are unable to determine the origin of the name. Limited stock.

Theo Sanders triandrus cross Silver Bells x (Perpetuation x Limequjilla).

My Best Friend has a round pale primrose moon face and thin orange ring on his very round corona. Such are the bonds of friendship. A real bench burner. By Clive Postles. Only a handful available.

An angular and fit new small-cupped introduction from C. van der Veek, Bestie throws a perfectly formed star shaped bloom, with a cantaloupe colored cup.

This recent Mark Vandervliet double is makes a really perplexingly big bulb. The double flower is equally as big and supremely well organized and detailed. Like many sumo-sized doubles she blooms in the leaves a bit but on a plenty strong stem , so much the better for the vase, the bench, and the border. I have taken ribbons with this bloom . I would like to be greeted in my garden by a platoon of Big Girls, but alas small numbers yet.

Bilbo, named for Bilbo Boggins of the Hobbit, is an older seedling from earlier in the career of the prolific Brian S. Duncan but new to our list in 2026. A pink-cupped daffodil, it is tall for a cyclamineus and can develop wavy character in the blooms. From foundling, but more upright and vigorous.

White and pink large cupped daffodil for competition from Clive Postles. Very Limited.Exercise care with your handwriting : not to be confused with Binkie one of the very first reverse bi-colors.

Double daffodils are not the most ribbon-winning bunch: only the most rounded and orderly need apply. Blossom Lady, originating from New Zealand, is definitely a ribbon candidate: bright; colorful; well-formed; well-rounded. Way back in the family tree is the historic double Mary Copeland. Extremely limited.

Bobbysoxer -- such a funny orange face on this Alec Gray jonquilla. Floriferous, friendly, fun. Diminutive but stands tall in the close-up garden bed and rockery. Old, but not a miniature nor a historic . ADS Classic.

You get a lot of rosy acreage in this older American bred large cup. Bold Pink is just that, and a kind of unique coloring for this form of daffy.

Bologna is a large-cup with an unusually colored and crenelated cup, from Dr, John Reed. This daffodil was registered in 2026.

A newer dwarf double, a stuffed cup like Popeye when he is behaving himself, in delicate cream and pink. This daffodil is unregistered and is being sold elsewhere as Bon Bon, which is ca n'est pas bon ! in our book as Bon Bon is registered as an older Grant Mitsch poeticus. So for the time being we are listing this sweet confection as Bon Bombe : A Bombe being an elaborate and frilly frozen dessert . From a good grower with a great eye for daffs.

It's hard to fill a truck selling Boslowick, he is so perfect, so broad faced and calming that you only need one bloom to make your day. But please, take two bulbs, or three ! A very well ordered and well behaved split cup, with a profound color. A good grower for us, a perfect thing like most things Ron Scamp. See also Jabberwocky. Limited availability.

A new large cup daffodil from the van der Veeks with an intense deep pink colored corona and pure white mucronate petals . Bregt is recently registered.

An Englehardt cultivar, similar to Conspicuus , but Brilliancy keeps his yellow perianth color, loud cup, and is really tall. Another old timer that brings real, perennial, spring glory to the bed and landscape. Unlike us, the petals get slender and slim with age. Small availability,

An easy going monochromatic yellow coloration with a well-rounded perianth, Broadwalk Beauty is show daffodil that makes it easy to find a consistent and flawless bloom. Hard to find mostly because my fingers type "boardwalk" instead of "broadwalk." Perhaps some reference to the catwalk on the fashion show runway: Broadwalk Beauty is very tall like Jerry Hall. Very small stock.

Yellow and pink-cupped trumpets are a special, rarified group in the world of daffodils, highly sought after with most being showstoppers. Bronzewing is perhaps more sophisticated than the rest, a Brian Duncan bruiser with four inch blossoms and a corpulent cup. The petals have a fade to white at mid rib creating an even greater contrast with that big ole rich-pink cup. Not a back bencher.

Brooke Ager brings a lot of love and excitement wherever she goes. An intermediate, a dwarf and a large cup, she stands out with a substantial and intense rosy pink cup. There is some echo of the cup color into the petals. This well regarded daff a bright and attractive contrast to the rockery and close up beds. The rich colored cup along with a trim rounded perianth and stylish anthers makes her a show bench natural.

Section:Pseudonarcissus N. hispanicus subsp. Bujei

Note : We have also seen this species identified under Section:Nevadensis

Qdaffs is dedicated to offer the lengthiest list of species narcissus to our horticulturally minded friends. We do expect that we will be accused of cultural appropriation by our fiercely partisan Spaniard friends. Oh well, valuable little buggers, but itLJˆÇ‚Üs not the Elgin marbles that we are slipping out of Iberia.

A fragrant and early little cyclamineus offspring of Gipsy Queen, Bunnie Bee is another miniature from the universe of tiny flowers by Walter Blom.

This long celebrated double is new to our list. She is a magnificent creature and as old as the hills, as fresh as the dawn. Good for all uses and certainly as a conversation piece. I seldom see Butter and Eggs on the bench, but in a historical group certainly one to have. Fabulous and luxurious North, South, East, and West.

Anyone referring to a flower named 'Buttercup' elicits all kinds of confusion. Are they referencing a Ranunculus, using a generic term for jonquils that bloom freely in the South, increasingly as an alias for One of the several daffodils registered under that name? We offer the historic Rev. Engleheart jonquilla 'Buttercup', a strong grower with large flowers more reminiscent of a historic small cup. Rare. Brings intense happiness to the gardener. Smells good.

Plain yellow perfection in a species that is new to our list. Section Apodanthi. Floriferous with unblemished form. Throws many scapes and blooms with ease. At the top of the fertility scale.

Camborne is an Alec Gray miniature all-white trumpet. Registered posthumously. Long and frilly cup, matures to pure white. This is one to have in the rockery. Tiny little baroque thing. Used as a pollen parent with species cyclamineus. ADS miniature.

If you are in the market for an all gold trumpet it is hard to find a more exemplary example than Cameo Gem. Has heavy substance and a frilly edge on the long -long cup.

From Peter Ramsey's Cameo series, Cameo Joy is a rounded yellow and red large cupped daffodil for competition.

Cameo King

An offspring of the double white daffodil Kiwi Magic. Both from New Zealand, Cameo Magic is a soft white, luxurious double bloom that is hexagonally well organized. On a good day tough to beat in competition.

Cameo Marie - A fiery white and yellow-yellow-orange Kiwi-bred small cup. Broad ovate white petals. Four inch blooms. A substantial flower that is a natural for the show bench. Rare.

Peter Ramsey's Cameo series is an extended family distinguished by their perfect perianths across many shapes and color combinations. Overlapping petals with a point.

There is a stable of Brian Duncan White / Pink small cups that we find so rewarding it is hard to pick a favorite. Camilla Clara Kate is so robust and substantial that we think it is time to close the book. A stem like a utility pole, a bloom without weakness. An example of why we love small cups. A lovely competitor that ought always to be in your quiver as it is always easy to find a flawless bloom.

Canaliculatus - An important Tazetta that is grown commercially in large numbers. A historic, an ADS Classic and an ADS miniature. On commercial acreage lists in Holland it is categorized as a species. Pollen and Pod fertile. We maintain a small stock that is hand harvested and graded apart from the large commercial growers. Floriferous, bright and fragrant. Mentioned as an "erratic and fussy bloomer"¹ in Southern zones 8 and above.


^{1. Daffodils in American Gardens 1733-1940, Sara L. van Beck, 101}

A shorter snouted large cup that is richly colored and rich in substance all over. Canny Choice is very much a show daffodil- there is more orange to coax out of the cup than we show here. Doesn't sunburn. Canny choosers choose Canny Choice.

Canyon Wren belongs to the inscrutable "miscellaneous category". Bright in color and spirit Canyon Wren is a tazetta x triandrus cross that could be mistaken for a jonquil. A Grant Mitsch Bird Series cultivar. Scented. Elegant. Show it with a sign in the window that says "I am not a miniature".

A most demure all yellow bulbocodium from Mr. Blom, Capella is reserved in that most of the sexual parts are tucked neatly within the cup. Soft color, nowhere near brassy, chaste form. Scented and long lasting.

A reverse bi-color with soft even coloration and nearly oval, overlapping petals. Caribbean Snow is very good on the show bench : we had no problem getting perfect blooms , consistently. Also good in bed : Castle Acre is an offspring.

An Avalanche / Matador cross from the master of tazettas, Bill Welch. Most any narcissus centric superlatives apply to Mr Welch's tazetta seedlings : fragrant, substantial, robust, long-lasting, colorful. Be prepared to receive very large bulbs making very large plants each with multiple scapes.

"Bulbs, they light up your yard without electricity "

Very floriferous and very tall yellow and orange Tazetta. A perfect thing, likely a Poetaz , from Bill Pannill. Fantastic imposing plant, olé.

A very substantial reverse bi-color, a daughter of Caribbean Snow, but a full and contrasty trumpet. Besides being stunning this seedling never throws a damaged bloom for us with lovely substance. Good on color, stem and substance. Ribbon winning candidate.

There is a lot to appreciate about Castle Howard : velvety substance, the linen white color, the sheer size and architecture of the bloom. Howie can be a handful to husband but in the end insanely rewarding. An imposing presence when fully unfurled on the bench.

A very small, all golden yellow Bulbocodium from Walter Blom.

Causeway Sunset

A bright, contrasty and colorful jonquil, Chappie is a miniature a that is welcome in most any rock and closeup garden bed. The rounded light yellow perianth matures to near white, making her even more alluring. Late 20th century. Can work the bench.

This bulbocodium has very long petals, soft color and a bit of the petunia shape in the cup that is sought after by breeders and benchers. Extended stamens and stigma. Not registered.

Towering over the tazetta bed every year is Chinita, an original poetaz with a very broad flowers and unusual clear primrose color. Pick it early to protect the cup from sunburn, the petals from blanching. Downright thrilling in the vase. Singular.

Where were you when you first saw Chipper? A meteor shower of vertically pendant blooms with compound color leaving a trail of wavy and reflexed petals. One to start a collection with, one to end with. at fifty years old not only does Chipper have great substance and poise, he is also fertile, a bit of a rarity in triandrus.

Chiquitita was formerly listed as selection Fernandesii Fluwel Golden of N. fernandesii var. fernandesii. ADS Miniature.

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.

Clare is just the cutest little miniature jonquilla with a flat colorful cup. Perianth is a lighter yellow. An Alex Gray daffodil from mid century. Comparable to but distinct from Sun Disc and Bebop. Usually one flower per scape. ADS Classic.

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

A bright and early classic-shaped all yellow large cup daffodil from the van der Veek breeding program. Named Cock a Doodle Doo because of its early call-of-the-rooster nature and wake up sleepy head color. It is easy to rise early knowing that this is blooming in your garden. Included in the "Grow for Cut " category as it is specially good for forcing.

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

A reverse bi-color double from Mr Duncan. This is an extremely rare division and color combination, we have never seen it before. You can count the number of registered cultivars in this classification on your fingers.

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

A dwarf two-toned yellow tazetta-cyclamineus cross; that's how we arrive at division 12. Cornish Chuckles has been around the globe, always pleasantly scented, always three gently reflexed flowers per scape, sometime four. Larger and broader flowers than other division 12s.

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, proving 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.

Croila is an English, all-white, show daff that has been winning ribbons for many decades now. New our list, Croila makes a perfect perianth with substance and has many descendents.

A breathtaking small-cup of great restfulness and beauty, Crystal Choice is all white with a wide, wide perianth. A perfect bloom maker, but with some vulnerability. Brian Duncan.

Species Daffodil N. cuatrecasasii var. cuatrecasasii Section Apodanthi. Pollen parent of Pequenita.

This remarkable and newly registered seedling from Mr Blom reliably throws two scapes: the primary flower is a very balanced and well formed split cup, the secondary bloom a large cup. Cup and Saucer is a unique dwarf with lovely fruit-sweet color. Sunproof. Show judges may need to be on the watch for this one.

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.

Being on the Cutting Edge implies on the vanguard, with a hint of danger. But this Clive Postles orange cupped trumpet easily makes a very large, well rounded bloom with not a knick, a cut or even razor burn. An impressive and dependable full colored bloom.

Cyclataz is the lovechild of a species CYCLAmineus and the TAZetta Grande Soleil d'Or . Vigorous, floriferous, wild in form, rich in color. Cyclataz does well in pot culture. ADS Historic. ADS Miniature. She is also the parent of three notable offspring : Alec Gray's Jumblie, Quince, and Tête à Tête.

Dainty Miss is a siren's song in the garden. An all-white jonquil she goes it alone, only one two-inch perfectly appointed, dainty-cupped flower per stem please. Wanting a chorus of Dainty Miss for your garden is only natural. Compelling. Benchable. Highly mucronate. Miss Dainty is an ADS Classic, Wister Award winner, a mid century spell of Grant Mitsch witchcraft.

I am a bit dubious as to the advisability of classing this as a jonquil hybrid, but its pedigree lends validity to this placement. A most de- lightful little flower that might be compared with Xit, but it is larger and a flower of more rounded form. Grows much more upright than Ocean Spray. The very flat over- lapping perianth, and small saucer shaped crown are glistening white. Hardly eligible for the miniature class, but a beautiful addition to the smaller varieties sometimes designated as intermediates.

Novelty Daffodils, Grant Mitsch, 1971 p.9

Triandrus and Jonquils have an affinity for each other, when they cross it doesn't get much better than this. Dainty Monique is spellbinding and petite. From New Zealand. an ADS miniature.

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.

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

This new Large cupped bi-color Veek seedling is not yet registered..

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.

A unique and beautiful bulbocodium from Walter Blom with an impossibly soft color. Delicate Design looks like a creature from the margins of a Hieronymus Bosch panel.

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.

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.

A floriferous and feral thing, Diamond Gold is a newer, open pollinated Jonquil from Walter Blom.

A vigorous grower and a welcome addition to any garden, Diego is a selection of N. jonquilla var. henriquesii.

When you have Dinner at Eight. you will be served a deeply colored van der Veek tazetta, tall, late and floriferous up to 5 florets per scape. Lots of surface area to the bloomlets : you won't leave hungry.

What is your confectionery IQ ? Some call those little colored sugar dots, sprinkles, or nonpareils, we prefer the term Jimmies. Although Jimmies may refer to the dashes, rather than the Discodip dots. However you dip your ice cream or doughnuts it is a sweet sweet elevation. A multi -headed and broad-petaled jonquil. When more is more from the candy shop of Carlos van der Veek. New introduction.

A cup so broad, pink, and unbroken that it eclipses the perianth behind it, Diversity is a poster child for showy split cupped daffodils. A good competitor on the bench, as our stocks increase I expect diversity to attract the attention of cut flower growers. Parent to the split cup Cosine.

A New Zealand bred stout and sturdy bi-colored trumpet. Doctor Bill is a descendant of the substantive POPS legacy.

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. Limited.

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.

N. dubius var. dubius, section Tazetta
Dubius is an important tazetta section species daffodil occuring in Spain. Spectacular detail, pure white with a miniature form. Dubius sprouts early, requires little cold and needs substantial protection in colder zones.

Our selection of dubius is not the most beautiful that you can find. But most dubius make no offsets: one bulbs is created as the mother bulb dies. Our selection is one that reliably makes offsets, which will be of value to those interested in breeding.

Pollen and seed fertile.

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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.

A historic poetaz, Early Spendour has ample wide petals and a brilliant over all coloration that sings in the sunlight. Easy to photograph, easy to fall in love with. ADS historic.

A work of sorcery that everyone wants when they see it. Edged in Gold is a very late, miniature jonquilla that brushes its golden color outside of the lines. Magic on the bench. Edged in Gold deserves to be in every rock garden. Fragrant. Up to six tiny flowers per scape. Bred by Steve Vinsky in Oregon.

An impressive upright and look-at-me split cup Electrus is an older seedling from Mr Duncan, Impressive both in the garden and in the vase.

An antique all over mellow yellow small cup from the Rev Engleheart. This is a rare daffodil, so rare that it is rumored not to exist. But here we are one hundred years on with no end in sight. Petals get slim, acute, and shouldered with age. Swellegant ( thanks Cole Porter).

Elizabeth Ann is a feminine white and rose-pink cyclamineus daffodil from Brian Duncan. Betty will gently awaken up any cottage or close up garden situation. Try her in a pot of mixed with sky-blue muscari. Dwarf.

Honey I shrunk the Trumpets! Alec Gray focused his miniaturization beam on most every division of daffodil. Elka is a perfectly formed white tiny-trumpet that will inspire a lot of bending and craning. She opens yellow but matures to all white. Elka is equally at home in the rockery or on the show bench program. Used in England for pot culture. Named for some daffodil ladies named Elizabeth and Kate. ADS miniature.

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.

Englander is a cyclamineus seedling that retains just a bit of wildness tempered with high sophistication. Sporting a real long schnoz and slim reflexed petals. Like most Brits, Englander, being a cyclamineus, is not well suited for a afternoon siesta in the blazing sun. An ADS miniature . Fab in the pot and the rockery -- Don't be shy, we grew a lot of Englander.

This vigorous Jonquil is a selection, by Walter Blom, of the species N.rupicola (section Apodanthi). Registered twenty years ago we can only assume it was a parent for many of the descendants of his breeding programs. As a selection we assume that this bulbs is fertile both ways. An ADS Miniature.

Here's a case of cross cultural pollination : two American seedlings crossed by an Irishman. A tridandrus with an unusually deep yellow color and substance. From Hillstar, recently registered. ADS Miniature.

Erlicheer is an older tazetta sport with bodacious double, strongly scented blooms. Excellent for forcing and for cut flowers. Erlicheer may struggle in Zone 6 even with some winter protection. Grows freely in the South. A singular daffodil. Classified as a double but we all know that it really behaves as a tazetta. Makes an unusually large bulb.

This idiosyncratic caffeinated jonquil is floriferous, reflexed, colorful and boldly spirited. Espresso is a novel van der Veek mashup that defies easy classification. We suspect that Espresso will find a place in the garden and in competition.

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

A species jonquil and triandrus made their acquaintance in the garden of Grant Mitsch. Fairy Chimes was born. Floriferous: four to six blooms per scape. Fragrant. Deeper in color than N.hawera and more upright. Plant in the rockery with species tulips and muscari. ADS Classic.

As the name implies, a tetraploid variant of the Triandrus Fairy Chimes. Limit five per order please.

Unusual, unmistakeable and unforgettable Fencourt Jewel is a unique 21st century pink cupped tazetta. Floriferous : beauty and bounty from New Zealand. A truly grand flower. For us in zone 6b it is wonderfully persistent year over year. Worth every penny.

Section Jonquilla, N. fernandesii var. Cordubensis

Did you ever sit up at night wondering where all the split, the wavy, and the frilly cupped daffodils came from? Not from the stork but from cordubiensis : now you can rest easy and descend into deep daffodil reverie. A species and a feral thing.

Watching a planting of Firebrand in bloom blow in the breeze on a sunny spring day is an encounter that may never let slip from memory. A poster child for the greatness of historic, small-cupped daffodils : bred mostly by tweed wearing clerics and the landed gentry. A handsome devil, much like Lucifer . Increases with a little care.

Firebright

Impressive and beefy, with a little primping and manscaping First Team is ready for competition on the show bench. Winning with doubles is rewarding, and sometimes not so hard if you have a deep bench.

Reverse bi-colors are a bit rare, even more is the cyclaminius subset. Flight Path makes a beautiful bloom and is pollen fertile.

Why does Flowmay drive us to such devotion? She is a tiny, miniature jonquilla, all white with an impossibly delicate pink rim on the cup. So improbable a heroine, so hopeful in a world of naysaying giants. Alec Gray named this for the missus. Tiny and rare. ADS Classic.

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.

Some days we wonder what it would be to wander a garden made up exclusively of dwarf Walter Blom cultivars. The ivory trumpet Flower Child transports us to a baroque, enchanting world of child-like wonder and magic. We can think of so many ways to put the daff to work. Recent introduction, an ADS Intermediate.

Shallow bowl shaped yellow to red small cup in a blunt white perianth. Very tall, very late and colorful. From New Zealand.

Foundling found a patron and went on to raise her own family of remarkable offspring: Elizabeth Ann, Kaydee, Georgi Girl. A short barreled pink cup with reflexed white petals. Cyclamineus. Pollen and seed fertile. Makes a nice colorful clump. Adoption papers filed at checkout. ADS Classic.

Fragrant Spring is a luxurious double Dutch Double - She gets her powerful perfume from her mother and her double form from her father, Acropolis. We are listing it because we think it so belongs in the vase.

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

Well-named Frostbite is a spontaneous poeticus sport, extra white pointy petals intruding into the cup. Widely variable except that Frostbite retains an overall hexagonal corona shape, analogous to snowflakes. Scented Frostbite brings a lovely blast of cool to the late spring border when all of the other daffodils have melted. An intermediate, Frosty is attractive in a vase , for us blooms with Spanish Bluebells and Tulip Maureen. You will be pleasantly surprised by the the scent.

Normally we superlatives but we are quite okay with calling Gay Kybo one of the most beautiful narcissus blooms ever. Deep and lush white petals evenly articulated with deep orange corona bits. Stunning in any garden and a big beauty on the show bench.

Gay has had a dramatic life, she has gone from rare , to huge productions, to infirmity and back again : today she ie again very rare. Gay Kybo is part of a larger series : Gay Challenger, Gay Time, Gay Song, Gay Tabor that are all beautiful and now mostly gone from the trade. If you are able to find any of the Gays, you should acquire them for your garden. Gay Kybo is rumored to be a rescued discard and named after a (winning) race horse, or something more scatalogical.

A new small-cupped bi-color, a descendant of Moon Madness, Ginto makes round and flat breezy and easy. Brian Duncan.

A cross of two species pseudonarcissus, Gipsy Queen is a soft white and greenish-yellow miniature trumpet from Alec Gray. Queenie is a strong grower and commands attention in the bed, pot or on the bench. Because she blooms so early, we associate her reign with late spring snowfall, but given her lineage she should perform well further south. Alec Gray. ADS Miniature. ADS Classic.

A tiny all-white trumpet from Brian Duncan, Gipsy Vale is a cross ofObvallaris and Gipsy Queen. Coy, pugnacious and perfectly formed Gipsy Vale is a very good variety for competition.

No mean girls at this gathering, this early blooming tazetta from Bill Welch is friendly and free flowering, up to 14 blooms per scape. Girl's Night is another superior garden tazetta from the bulb barron, with a cup that is bright but not brassy.

Gloriosus is a floriferous and beautiful very old tazetta with strong orange colored cups and a classic strong, sweet, fragrance. Pollen and seed fertile Glorious is also self fertile and "seeds like crazy" . A thing of joy and glory forced in a pot or as a cut flower. Needs a winter blanket in northern zones. Not to be confused with the tazetta cultivar "Glorious".

A not so recent Blom jonquil, yellow striped with white. Small and late, from Baby Moon.

You won't get a good enough seat in the Dress Circle to see Golden Symphony: she is poised, petite, pendant and perfumed. Part jonquilla thus the fragrance. From the prince of pizzicato Walter Blom. We assume that you can put this on the bench as a miniature. Will sell with allegro con brio.

In the large population of pink cups, small-cupped daffodils are a small subset. Good Faith is more well rounded and a bit deeper in color than, say our favored Little Jewel. Good Faith extends the season by blooming later than the others.

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.

Grand Monarque is an old and important Tazetta, once grown in great numbers for the cut flower market, both in the US and the Netherlands. It has produced some remarkable seedlings establishing its reputation as a super parent. Plainly colored, Floriferous and fragrant. From the species N. tazetta subsp. lacticolor.

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

Greek Surprise

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.

For being a bit obscure we have moderate numbers of Habit, a golden trumpet of great substance. Habit has notable children, mostly Californian, each with fit and crisply-shaped petals.

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.

Just fills you with envy doesn't it ? Powerful contender for best in any show, no? Ovate and mucronate spinnaker-white petals as perfect as the compact red suction cupped-cup. Hartlebury is just unbeatable. Late 20th Century English narcissiculture.

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.

A fertile tetraploid of Hawera from the late Theo Sanders. Scented.

Large and sunny, Hello Sunshine is a soft lemon colored behemoth of a trumpet from Carlos van der Veek. Perianth is ovate, shouldered and mucronate, the funnel-shaped cup is frilled and crenate. New Introduction, good supply available.

A highly floriferous cross from avalanche, by Bill Welch. Large and vigorous grower with large flowers and lots of them; we average 17 per scape. Hilary is very fragrant, an improved cultivar all around.

A mellow yellow small cup that just screams perfection. If I was packing for a daffodil show with grand and smooth aspirations I would pack Hollowbridge along with Abstruse.

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

A newer Brian Duncan red cup of great quality, size and substance

This new van der Veek introduction has a small frilly cup and is white all over like Hudson Bay late in the spring before the winter ice finally melts. A very tall and very late Daffodil. Henry Hudson's first trips to North America were financed by the British. The Dutch East Indies investors our bid the Brits to finance Hank's voyage to find the Northeast passage. As soon as Henry got his hands on those guilders he sailed due west and discovered not any passage at all but Manhattan instead.

This perfectly formed miniature cyclamineus will raise your heart rate. With a long straight snout and a shape reminiscent of Turk's Cap, Hummingbird is remarkably handsome and consistent. A sister of Grant Mitsch's wildly successful Jetfire. ADS Miniature.

This fabulous flower is another successful viridiflorus cross from John Hunter in New Zealand. It is pretty obviously a viridi/jonquil cross. We purchased it as Hunter Dawn, which is not registered: It is likely registered as Hunter Sunrise, so we are chalking this disconnect up to lost in translation from English to Dutch and back again. As expected the blooms are strong in color, form and substance.

This newer seedling from John Hunter is likely a viridiflora and triandrus cross. Like Polar Hunter and other spring fall viridiflora crosses Hunter Morn is a triple threat : early to rise, frangrant, long-lasting with great substance. On second thought maybe that is a quadruple threat. Two to four blooms per scape.

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.

Ice Wings is a cool drink of a white triandrus. Mid-century cultivar sports two or three compact snowy booms per scape. An ADS classic that is serviceable in the rockery, pot or as a show entry.

P.S. Ice Wings always performs well for me on the show bench because of its poise , color and most of all substance. Triandrus also seem to hold very well, wet, under refrigeration. Don't leave home without it.

In Love, a new entry in the the van der Veek "Love" series, is a full on all-white trumpet with a perfect and cupped perianth. Like other trumpets and large cups from van der Veek this seedling is vigorous with a sturdy stem.

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.

A rounded White -Yellow small cup that can make a large, flat bloom. Jammin is fertile both ways.

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.

Jenna, a small cup Yellow/Red is a show-worthy daff from Clive Postles. Small numbers available.

From Alec Gray, a low-growing, deep yellow flower with long narrow trumpet and supersonic swept-back petals. 4 inches. A lovely and diminutive cyclamineus. Fasten your seatbelts and put your tray table in the upright locked position. Very early. ADS Classic.

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

Everyone wants a date with Jodi when they see her, few will get her number. If she looks delicate and retiring it is because she is. A delicate pink split cup from the Cupid's arrow of Brian Duncan. We have just a few to offer again this year. Limit two per order please.

When the laundress sees the red lipstick on the collar of your starched white button-down she will know that you too have been Juliet's Choice. Just a handful of bulbs available.

Jumblie is a sister of Tête à Tête and also a division 12. Floriferous and miniature, Jumblie has a will to live like the other Cyclataz family members. Good for pot culture and fun in the border. These 12s have a will to live and live to flower.

Descended from Camelot, Jump Start retains the family's good looks and even royal coloration. Four inch flowers, broad substantial perianth with a narrow waisted trumpet that flares to a frilly bell Jump Start is very tall and very early trumpet.

A highly unusual jonquil from Bill Welch. A bit of an imposter, Kaykay emulates all that is tazetta. Thought to have fertility both ways. Just a handful available. I am growing it hoping the florists take notice.

Keats is a strange fellow. But everybody wants him on first sight, us inclusive. Green, yellows and whites you don't see much, like finding a thick book of poetry. I have heard him called everything from "variable" to "unstable" which seems to be reverse doublespeak for "handsome". Enjoy and repeat.

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness." John Keats

A substantial Australian Tazetta from the golden age of tazetta breeding. A cross of Grand Monarque and pseudo-narcissi, Killara is an ADS Historic.

A remarkable, floriferous, and joyous jonquil that has all but disappeared from the commercial trade. Strength in numbers. Named for the Anasazi god of fertility by breeder Bob Spotts.

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.

Well rounded and bright, La Riante is a sassy old small cup. Historic and contrasty, broad white petals with a yellow orange ribbed cup. La Riante was very common in trade mid century. May sun burn without afternoon shade. Rare.

A new unregistered split-cupped seedling from Brian Duncan, Lady B is a descendant from Drama Queen.

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.