Mid-Late Bloomers

Large blossomed white and pink cupped Brian Duncan Hybrid. From Fragrant Rose, but the breathy pink coalesces at the rim of the cup.

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.

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.

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.

Brian Duncan's take on the classic show bench daffodil Pacific Rim. Burning Ring has fabulously oval petals on an impossibly thin lipstick-edged cup.

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.

After the mad rush if April is over it is easy to look at the photographic record and judge : "Bloom too old and creppy, Bloom too immature, curled and pale." Contralto makes an intense sunproof cerise-pink cup. How much pink in the cup is variable. Experience says it is better to pick too early than pick too late. This is a very good daffodil for competition.

Dailmanach produces a pink-colored cup that is unforgettable, singular and difficult to pigeon hole. Daimanach is also the Genghis Khan of pink cups : more widespread and winning offspring than you can shake a stamen at. We love it as a stand-out in the garden too.

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

Evesham. Very few bulbs available.

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.

Fashion Model effortlessly sashays sporting a brilliant white frock with a deep pink rim on the cup. A granddaughter of High Society also a Brian Duncan seedling. She wears a four inch sized bloom and should be very competitive on the runway...er bench. Large Cup.

Firebright

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.

A powerful double Habari's pink corona, often variable and changing , is always fetching and singular.

Holme Fen

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.

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

Our selection of Niveth, a historic Henry Backhouse triandrus.

Pueblo

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

Here's that tell-tale lipstick rim again, this time on a trim monochromatic yellow small cup from beautician Brian Duncan. A sharp and easy performer.

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.

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.

Grant Mitsch did a lot of cyclamineus breeding, Swift Arrow is an older cross that has nearly oval petals and a rounded cup flare giving it an easy-going form and feeling. Fertile both ways.

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.

Tru is a well rounded white small cup with a thin gold rim.

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.