Mid-Late Bloomers

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.

Here's a pedigreed child: poppy is a species jonquil and mumsy a species triandrus. Angel's Breath is a vigorous grower and should be widely adaptable. We also list her sister, Angel's Whisper, who is similar. About 20 years old, Tasmanian bred. Small and robust. ADS Miniature.

Bilbo, named for Bilbo Boggins of the Hobbit, is an older seedling from earlier in the career of the prolific Brian S. Duncan. A pink-cupped daffodil, it is tall for a cyclamineus and can develop wavy character in the blooms. From foundling, but more upright and vigorous.

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}

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.

Colin Crotty has bred numerous daffodils with deep red in the cup rim. We enjoyed growing this daffodil a lot : we got extreme frilliness but maybe not the intense red that we have seen from others on the bench. Deb's Jewel is an exuberant bloom from New Zealand.

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.

A historic poetaz, Early Spendour has ample wide petals and a brilliant over all coloration that sings in the sunlight. Easy to photograph, easy to fall in love with. ADS historic.

Late blooming all white large cup. Very small stock. Eve Robertson

A species jonquil and triandrus made their acquaintance in the garden of Grant Mitsch. Fairy Chimes was born. Floriferous: four to six blooms per scape. Fragrant. Deeper in color than N.hawera and more upright. Plant in the rockery with species tulips and muscari. ADS Classic.

Firebright

Greek Surprise

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.

Everyone wants a date with Jodi when they see her, few will get her number. If she looks delicate and retiring it is because she is. A delicate pink split cup from the Cupid's arrow of Brian Duncan. We have just a few to offer again this year. Limit two per order please.

A remarkable, floriferous, and joyous jonquil that has all but disappeared from the commercial trade. Strength in numbers. Named for the Anasazi god of fertility by breeder Bob Spotts.

We planted Littlefield up the street in the neighborv?s vineyard, next to the parking lot, where he competes with mugwort, compacted soil and road salt in an open northern exposure. A large, tall and late jonquil that returns robustly year over year. When the sun hits that green eye , combined with the ever -changing orange on orange color, and the scent : oh Baby ! Signed, sealed and delivered. A truly great Jonquil, I was surprised when it popped up on the list. Quantity pricing.

An antique pink cup that is lovely in the border, pot and bench. Deeply lobed and frilled cup funnels a sweet perfume that differentiates this happy flower. Color can be variable depending on our spring weather. Smelligant.A perennial favorite.

Montroig

A handsome new introduction, this split cup, Prom Queen is from Brian S. Duncan, a cross of Trigonometry x Diversity

Quiet Waters is a 30 year old, English bred, lovely all-white trumpet possessed of calm and poise. Oversized rounded and flattened perianth with a crisp cylindrical corona

Copper-colored daffodils ( Orange with Red cups) are a most unusual creature. Sabine Hay is kind of well-known, but no commercial growers grow it. Richly colored and exquisitely detailed you will never forget the first time you see Sabine Hay. A super breeder.

Picasso may have said "Cezanne is the father of us all", whereas most modern pink cupped daffodils can claim "Dailmanach is the father of us all". A large ribbon taking pink cup, Sheskin is named after a place in Northern Ireland.

A small cup of sophisticated coloration and prim form. An older small cup, we see Sidley most often on the competition bench.

Signet Ring

If you are looking for Yum-Yum, then its all white, flat, and improved small-cupped daughter Silver Choice from Brian Duncan is your best bet. Yum -Yum has met its demise and is no longer in our nursery. We have good numbers of Silver Choice, despite sounding like a Medicare supplement plan, it throws perfect blooms of good substance.

An older Brian Duncan Pink ringed large cup, Songket is a little more prim and delicate than her father, the well named and well loved High Society who is no longer in our nursery . Songket is a close relative and a replacement candidate.

An older Duncan seedling, Tiger Moth is consistent with good substance and even color in the not elongated cup. Cyclamineus are a bit more shade tolerant than their taller daffodil relatives.