For The Bench

Aberfoyle

Acumen

A bright and balanced broad large cup from Brian Duncan. Very limited. Named for the fantastical early 20th century hotel in Yosemite where room rates average $890 a night. You can enjoy a visit with our Ahwahnee for $3 a year.

Here's a smooth operator : generously colored and round round round all over. Hot red cup set in rounded buttercup colored petals. In the world of cricket an All Rounder is a bowler that can hit. Always ready for a match. Happy anthers.

Alto

Reverse Bi-Colors were once the unicorns of daffodils . But over the late 20th century more and more were introduced, from the fabulous jonquil Pipit to Lemon Silk. Since its introduction, Altun Ha has maintained a mythical reputation, it makes a uniquely colored perfectly rounded bloom. A consistent performer that makes blooms of great quality.

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.

Arleston

Ashton Wold

A robust and dependable reverse bi-color with a well rounded perianth. A daughter of Camelot, Avalon continues the search for the grail. Well suited to competition but a very attractive in the cottage garden. Appears to be exiting the commercial trade. Tall and bright large cup.

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.

Banker

Beersheba (Pre-1923)

Bionic is an intensely colored yellow orange large cup bred in Tasmania. Full of modern contrast, Bionic has a well-rounded, perfectly layered perianth and a distinct deep cylindrical cup. A six million dollar bloom on the bench. A champion.

An orderly and well rounded split cup from Ron Scamp. Boslowick has brilliant color in the perianth and cup.

Breath Of Spring

Broomhill is a tall, all white, mid-century large cup. Broad, overlapping petals, strong structure and flanged cup makes her a solid shower. Broomhill is a member of a rich bloodline - Beersheba, King Alfred and China White are ancestors. Very slightly misty green at the base of the cup. Seed fertile, Broomhill has been a seed parent for many all white, show worthy cultivars.

Burt House is another narcissus progeny of Brian Duncan legerdemain - 4 inch neutral-white overlapping and rounded petals with an intense pink funnel-shaped cup. A showstopper. Rare.

Frilled and smooth and white all over, Cantatrice was the standard bearer for white trumpets in the mid 20th Century. Famously good on the bench, in the border and in the pot. From Beersheba. ADS Historic.

Cherrygardens is pale pink cup that excels on the show bench with broad rounded white petals. Touch of green at the base of the cup ending in a deeper pink rim. Very tall with four inch flowers. Pollen and seed fertile. Very limited.

Chipper is a cute and coy, highly-reflexed yellow triandrus with a distinctive vertical form. Soft color matures lighter in the petals. Very floriferous. Could be mistaken for a miniature. Seed fertile. A singular flower.

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

Colorful

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-proof.

Coral Springs

Crevette is a shrimp and a seedling from N.dubius. A miniature tazzeta with sharp one inch blooms and an intriguing soft orange color to the cup. Two or three flowers per scape. Needs extra frost protection in zones 6 and likes some shade on the blooms to keep that crustacean color. Rare. Crevette has seen a lot of bench action over the decades.

A miniature, rich yellow jonquil, Curlylocks is bright and ruffly. One to three one inch pugnacious blooms on a scape. US bred. Rare.

Cutting Edge