Jonquilla Daffodils

Amore Mio. Lovely and lush pink cupped Jonquilla. Floriferous. Recent van der Veek Introduction.

A singular jonquil that is perhaps the most beautiful of the division. Showy and colorful with great fragrance. Three flowers per scape if you are lucky, usually one or two. One to treasure.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A slim and colorful jonquil, you can never be too slender or too pink. Fragrant, floriferous and vigorous.

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.

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

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.

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. When more is more from Carlos van der Veek. New introduction.

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.

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 ñ now you can rest easy and descend into deep daffodil reverie. A species and a feral thing.

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.

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.

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.

Lieke was not on our radar until multiple southern customers sang its praises: good in the deep south, upright, floriferous, and increasing. A seedling from Brent Heath this flower bounced around North Holland for a bit before it found a patron and a name. A great landscape daffodil, the fact that it can bloom in the leaves a bit actually increases it stately presence and charm. Two to commonly three blooms per scape, a late bloomer.

Limequilla is a superstar jonquil hybrid: floriferous; beautifully formed; fertile ? which is notable for a jonquilla cross. Up to five blooms on a stem, ever-changing in color from yellow to greenish ivory, every day's march to maturity is enthralling. Often seen on the show bench, by itself or especially in collections.

Little Rusky is a really, really little Jonquil. Like the other bigger Ruskies we know, he is intense and rewards with painstaking attention to detail. When you catch a flash of the green eye, you too will understand. Handsome as the Tsar in form and color.

Miniatures can have a reputation of going AWOL after a season or two. Little Rusky has returned for duty, increasing, over the years for us with little care at all. The scape pushes the long lasting blooms higher and higher as the late season progresses. ADS Miniature.

The classification Jonquils: yellow with pink cups is the most rarefied class. ( I checked the numbers) . Aside from the successful Blushing Lady, Brian Duncan's Love Me Tender is one of the rare examples in commerce. Elvis may have left the building but Love Me Tender is just getting started.

A diminutive and spirited fellow, Medway Gold punches well above his weight. A modern cultivar, a cross of species assoanus and Gipsy Queen Medway is a jonquil that sports a starry perianth and a deep cup. Smells good. Way cute. We find it to be a nearly perfect cultivar; it is also a trumpet. For us it returns and increases planted in the open garden. ADS miniature.

A feisty little filly, Miss Klein is a jonquil hybrid, likely from Rupicola. Impossibly small bulbs make a vigorous plant, with often three ( four ?) blooms per stem. On the mini end of miniature she is a good one to have for the rock garden or cutting.

A colorful silver and gold jonquil, Oma seems a little more compact and bright than Edged in Gold and New Baby, although I have yet to compare them side by side. Newer release: this daffodil is not registered.

From an anonymous origin, Orange Queen is a wavy cupped old jonquil . Classified as a dwarf, she is more imposing than implied, freely growing and floriferous to three blooms on a stem. Good North and South. ADS Historic.

A little late 20th century Apodanthi x Apodanthi cross, Pequenita is a miniature, well-formed jonquil that grows well and is notably tidy and consistent : a natural show flower. Early. ADS Miniature.

A more recent floriferous jonquil from Brian Duncan. Perpetua is all yellow and extremely late blooming.