Double Daffodils
40 Cultivars Listed
4 W-Y
A recently introduced 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 yellow it gets wide and wild. You will easily be able to select a very stunning bloom. Best as a stem, 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.
4 W-W
Androcles pulled a thorn from the paw of a pursuing lion thus befriending him. Androcles the daffodil has calmed and tamed us also, we depend on it in large numbers for the vase and the border. Its broad, softly cream colored , and long lasting blooms project a quiet roar . Bred by the American Bill Pannill who created many perfect blooms, one at at time.
4 W-Y
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.
4 Y-O
Ballistic. Bright perfectly formed, well structured double with 4 inch blooms. Full throated Kiwi style from New Zealand. Photographs don't do Ballistic justice. You will so want this daffodil when you see it. We did.
4 Y-O
A flamboyant, substantial, and free spirited double, Bella Ciao is a recent van der Veek introduction. Large blooms, a good grower, currently rare and limited but she has higher aspirations.
We are partial to the Yves Montand version (yes Yves was Italian).
And the people who shall pass
(And all those who shall pass)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
And the people who shall pass
(And all those who shall pass)
Will tell me: "what a beautiful flower"
(And they will say: "what a beautiful flower")
This is the flower of the partisan
(And this is the flower of the partisan)
Oh Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful, Goodbye beautiful! Bye! Bye!
This is the flower of the partisan
(And this is the flower of the partisan)
Who died for freedom
4 W-Y
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.
4 W-O
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.
4 W-Y
A very successful culitvar- a sport of L'innocence that is gown in great numbers, for forcing and floral work. Because of a Poetaz influence it is hardier than a purebred tazetta. ADS Classic.
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.
4 Y-Y
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.
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.
4 Y-O
A Clive Postles double, Crowndale is descended from Tahiti: in competition a bit more organized and a bit richer in color.
4 W-Y
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.
4 W-Y
A love-child of Serena Beach , Falling for You is more tousled- haired and freer in spirit. Where did such a romantic name come from ? Not overly complicated, Falling for You is a large and substantive white / yellow double daffodil.
4 W-O
Do you have a desert island daffodil ? Feu de Joie is ours, we would happily be banished to a desert island or even asteroid B-612 for that matter. If we could take only this flower we would scrub our volcano every day. Returns and rewards annually in the garden. Every bloom better than the next. Antique white / orange double. ADS Historic. Very limited stock.
Le feu de joie, c'est un beau coup de fusil.
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.
4 W-O
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.
4 W-W
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.
4 Y-O
A lovely, older Robert Backhouse cultivar. Glowing Phoenix is wild and sparse double, colorful and free. That is free as in spirit, not as free as in beer. Rare. Very early. ADS Historic.
4 W-YYP
A powerful double Habari's pink corona, often variable and changing , is always fetching and singular.
4 Y-Y
A historic double , Inglescombe is a sport of Sulphur Phoenix which now may be extinct in the trade. Inglescombe doesn't make particularly large flower, but as it unfurls to something orderly or freeform as is it want, it makes a very large impression. In the border, the vase, or an a good day on the show bench this daffodil has a well earned reputation. We have reasonable stocks.
4 W-O
Many of the historic old blooms that we love are star-flowered small cups. But watch out, the free formed, star shaped, old doubles will steal your heart and leave you jaded. Insulinde is ivory, tangerine and libertine all over. Long lived plant, long lasting blooms held aloft on robust scapes. A Sarah Backhouse cultivar.
4 W-Y
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
4 W-Y
A very beefy White and Yellow Double daffodil from New Zealand. First perianth row is double triangle shaped. Kiwi Magic opens with a bright yellow corona and matures to a softer cream.Just a handful in stock.
4 W-Y
Double headed doubles, now that's a rare thing; with jonquilla parentage Little Kiwi is upright and fragrant to boot. An intermediate, not all stems are twins.
4 Y-P
Yellow Pink doubles are unicorns, Lowena has the deepest yellow and pink colors of the breed. From New Zealand.
4 W-P
Mazzard has the truest pink color of any double narcissus we can think of, a full sized bloom on a plant that has a tidy form, every flower is perfect. I think the florists will like it. Perfection from Ron Scamp.