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 but new to our list in 2026. 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 Deb's Jewel a lot : we got extreme frilliness and rich contrasty color but maybe not the intense red that we have seen from other environs on the bench. Something easy to take to a daffodil show. 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.

Ice Wings is a cool drink of a white triandrus. Mid-century cultivar sports two or three compact snowy booms per scape. An ADS classic that is serviceable in the rockery, pot or as a show entry.

P.S. Ice Wings always performs well for me on the show bench because of its poise , color and most of all substance. Triandrus also seem to hold very well, wet, under refrigeration. Don't leave home without it.

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.

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

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.

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.

Will Scarlet has been in the trade as long or longer than any other daffodil cultivar but we seldom see him around any more. Renown for his deep color and vigorous growth he was a commonly grown garden daffodil. Like many first generation crosses Billy boy is the product of two species daffodils : N. abscissus x N. radiiflorus var. poetarum. Being fertile both ways Will was bred a lot in his salad days, not so much lately to our knowledge. Tall and late, good for the border, sparse vista plantings, and cutting. ADS Historic.

Alec Gray bred a lot of terrific miniature small cups : Segovia, Sundisc ; This Daffodil on DaffSeek but Xit has always caught our eye. White blossoms make a cumulus cloud-like display. Exciting in the bed and on the bench, there is a lot of joy to go around. Grows well and can make a tall stem. One of the very best in Narcissusdom.

Like one of our favorites, the miniature and spirited daff Xit, Yellow Xit is just as jubilant as its parent, but as you may surmise it has yellow in the corona. ADS Miniature. Not sure why this does not appear to be an ADS classic.