Choice & Miniature Bulbs UK
149 Cultivars Listed
QDaffs is now the exclusive agent for Choice and Miniature ( daffodil ) bulbs in the United States.
Some of our followers have been long time customers of Choice Plants and Bulbs (miniaturebulbs.com.uk). The renown and irrepressible Frankie Charlton of Choice and Miniature Bulbs is easing into retirement. We are proud to be able to offer all of his list of daffodils to our US customers, shipping direct from Connecticut. The list is lengthy, over 200 cultivars.
The list includes many Duncan and Postles seedlings as Frankie was instrumental in intorducing many daffs from those nurseries to production over the years.
3 Y-O
Achduart is an older, sharp, fecund, and red, small - cup. Many notable offspring including Triple Crown and Badbury Rings. Extremely limited.
3 W-Y
Softly colored, elegant and well-rounded, Aircastle always speaks with an indoor voice. Tall and late : an ADS classic from Grant Mitsch that will never go out of style.
Perfection of form and consistency of performance are the attributes of this variety. The perianth is very rounded and flat, and in perfect balance with the small flat crown which is pale apricot lemon with a narrow margin of deeper shade. The perianth opens milk white but after a few days turns to greenish beige. A large flower of good substance and vigorous growth. One may go down a long row and find nearly every flower of exhibition caliber. A frequent show winner including awards for best flower in the Royal Horticultural Society's London Daffodil Show in 1963 and 1966. It has been a good parent. While the color does not appeal to every one, it is doubtless one of the best Daffodils we have raised.
Novelty Daffodils Catalog, Grant Mitch, 1971 p. 5
1 W-Y
Apple Honey, a well rounded bi-colored trumpet with a sweet, flared and deep cup. From Clive Postles.
3 W-Y
Astrid's Memory: White and Yellow small cupped show daffodil from Clive Postles.
2 W-YYP
New Introduction, White and yellow, pink-rimmed large cupped daffodil for competition from Brian Duncan.
2 W-P
White and pink large cupped daffodil for competition from Clive Postles. Very Limited. Careful with your handwriting : not to be confused with Binky one of the very first reverse bi-colors.
4 Y-Y
Brindabella is not named after a roller derby jammer as we thought on first sight, but rather an imposing Australian mountain range. Certainly a striking and corpulent two toned Yellow double competitor from David Jackson.
2 Y-R
From Peter Ramsey's Cameo series, Cameo Joy is a rounded yellow and red large cupped daffodil for competition.
3 W-YYO
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.
8 W-Y
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
3 W-YYO
An orange rimmed white small cup from Clive Postles brimming with movie-star charisma. The actress Carole Lombard, nicknamed by publicists as Curvy Carole was a child star in the silent movies before making a successful transition to "talkies": specifically in screwball comedies. In 1942, returning from a rally selling $2 million worth of war bonds in her native Indiana, Carole's life and career was cut short by a tragic flight via TWA ( aka The Worst Airline ) . Limited.
