Miscellaneous Daffodils

Canyon Wren belongs to the inscrutable "miscellaneous category". Bright in color and spirit Canyon Wren is a tazetta x triandrus cross that could be mistaken for a jonquil. A Grant Mitsch Bird Series cultivar. Scented. Elegant. Show it with a sign in the window that says "I am not a miniature".

A dwarf two-toned yellow tazetta-cyclamineus cross; that's how we arrive at division 12. Cornish Chuckles has been around the globe, always pleasantly scented, always three gently reflexed flowers per scape, sometime four. Larger and broader flowers than other division 12s.

Cyclataz is the lovechild of a species CYCLAmineus and the TAZetta Grande Soleil d'Or . Vigorous, floriferous, wild in form, rich in color. Cyclataz does well in pot culture. ADS Historic. ADS Miniature. She is also the parent of three notable offspring : Alec Gray's Jumblie, Quince, and Tête à Tête.

Jumblie is a sister of Tête à Tête and also a division 12. Floriferous and miniature, Jumblie has a will to live like the other Cyclataz family members. Good for pot culture and fun in the border. These 12s have a will to live and live to flower.

This named, New Zealand cross of a species jonquil and species cyclamineus has been around for at least 27 years, but new to our list in 2026. An ADS miniature Little Becky takes the profile of her cyclamineus father, yet she is multi-headed like her mother, landing her in that rare miscellaneous division twelve. With jonquil-like foliage she is a powerful and charming little thing: not your everyday daff.

A viridiflorus cross of great substance and poise that has been around a quarter of a century already. So stunning it is more of a specimen than just another bloom.Mesa Verde blooms in early spring and is long lasting and quite cold tolerant. To read more about the genesis in modern narcissus viridiflorus breeding go HERE.

On the march to year round daffodils Polar Hunter is the vanguard; an April / October romance of a fall blooming viridiflorus species crossed with a spring bloomer. Polar Hunter breaks ground in late winter and proceeds to blossom at a leisurely pace. Because of its conspicuous substance, green-ivory color, and long lasting abundant blooms, florists and landscape designers take notice of this attractive cultivar.
A bloom of remarkable quality, we see it a lot in competition, while there may not be a lot of division 12 opportunities in any given daffodil show there is not much competition either.

Yes Virginia you can see the future from here.Snow Blossom is a beguiling cross of a bulbocodium and a viridiflorus hybrid from the hand of the Late Theo Sanders. Specifically N.cantabricus x Emerald Sea ( Sea Dream x N.viridiflorus) crossing the daffodil gene pool onto a unspoilt snowy shore.

Another spirited miniature from Mr, Duncan arising from a feral mashup of N.cyclamineus and N.assoanus. A joyful and substantive little thing.

Like other division 12's Tiny Bubbles makes a lot of blooms per scape, but blooms perhaps more well-formed and elegant than the others. Tiny Bubbles is often found on the bench, particularly as a team player in miniature and other collections. Astounding planted in large numbers in the informal garden. A modern classic from the gentleman of southern daffodil culture Brent Heath.

A Division 12 arising from a cross of two species : N.assoanus and N.Cyclamineus. Flowers themselves are a bit more distinguished from other 12's. By measurement an ADS miniature, a dwarf and a feral, early blooming creature. Because this plant reliably makes two blooms (Twins!) per scape it is not classified as a cyclamineus but accordingly as a 12.