Choice & Miniature Bulbs UK
72 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 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.Exercise care with your handwriting : not to be confused with Binkie one of the very first reverse bi-colors.
2 Y-R
From Peter Ramsey's Cameo series, Cameo Joy is a rounded yellow and red large cupped daffodil for competition.
4 W-W
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.
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
2 Y-YYO
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.
2 YYW-W
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.
1 W-W
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.
2 Y-YOO
A large cupped Yellow / Orange with a distinct narrow snout. With his broad perianth Corby is surely suited for competition.
2 O-R
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.
1 Y-O
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.
3 W-WWP
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.
1 W-Y
A New Zealand bred stout and sturdy bi-colored trumpet. Doctor Bill is a descendant of the substantive POPS legacy.
11a W-YPP
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.
3 W-W
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.
1 W-W
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.
2 W-W
Late blooming all white large cup. Very small stock. Eve Robertson
4 Y-O
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.
6 Y-W
Reverse bi-colors are a bit rare, even more is the cyclaminius subset. Flight Path makes a beautiful bloom and is pollen fertile.
3 W-P
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.
2 Y-Y
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.
1 Y-Y
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.
3 W-GYY
A rounded White -Yellow small cup that can make a large, flat bloom. Jammin is fertile both ways.
