New Zealand

Bringing more rock and roll glamour to the modern New Zealand garden party, Abraxis is a scented, broad petaled, and wavy tazetta hybrid dressed in white and orange. Early to arrive to the fete. From Grand Monarch.

Ballistic. Bright perfectly formed, well structured double with 4 inch blooms. Full throated Kiwi style from New Zealand. There is a lot of crowd swell for this daffodil, it has a very bright future in the commercial market. Photographs don't do Ballistic justice. You will so want this daffodil when you see it. We did.

Double daffodils are not the most ribbon-winning bunch: only the most rounded and orderly need apply. Blossom Lady, originating from New Zealand, is definitely a ribbon candidate: bright; colorful; well-formed; well-rounded. Way back in the family tree is the historic double Mary Copeland. Extremely limited.

A new large cup daffodil from the van der Veeks with an intense deep pink colored corona and pure white mucronate petals . Bregt is recently registered.

If you are in the market for an all gold trumpet it is hard to find a more exemplary example than Cameo Gem. Has heavy substance and a frilly edge on the long -long cup.

From Peter Ramsey's Cameo series, Cameo Joy is a rounded yellow and red large cupped daffodil for competition.

Cameo King

An offspring of the double white daffodil Kiwi Magic. Both from New Zealand, Cameo Magic is a soft white, luxurious double bloom that is hexagonally well organized. On a good day tough to beat in competition.

Cameo Marie - A fiery white and yellow-yellow-orange Kiwi-bred small cup. Broad ovate white petals. Four inch blooms. A substantial flower that is a natural for the show bench. Rare.

Peter Ramsey's Cameo series is an extended family distinguished by their perfect perianths across many shapes and color combinations. Overlapping petals with a point.

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.

A New Zealand bred stout and sturdy bi-colored trumpet. Doctor Bill is a descendant of the substantive POPS legacy.

Unusual, unmistakeable and unforgettable Fencourt Jewel is a unique 21st century pink cupped tazetta. Floriferous : beauty and bounty from New Zealand. A truly grand flower. For us in zone 6b it is wonderfully persistent year over year. Worth every penny.

Reverse bi-colors are a bit rare, even more is the cyclaminius subset. Flight Path makes a beautiful bloom and is pollen fertile.

Shallow bowl shaped yellow to red small cup in a blunt white perianth. Very tall, very late and colorful. From New Zealand.

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.

Little Becky (True)

Guilty as charged, for unknown reasons we often overlook Little Jewel, but likely due to youthful excess. This daffodil is aptly named and rather unique, being that there are not a lot of fully pink-colored small cups. The father of the fantastic Fencourt Jewel, Little Jewel is a good grower and delicate at the same time -- a very nice bloom.

Double headed doubles, now that's a rare thing; with jonquilla parentage Little Kiwi is upright and fragrant to boot. An intermediate, not all stems are twins.

Yellow Pink doubles are unicorns, Lowena has the deepest yellow and pink colors of the breed. From New Zealand.

An abundance of broad, substantial, wavy and white flowers on a scape bring a spirit of opulence to the bed, bench, and bunch. Nickelodeon is a modern poetaz, from Grand Monarque, and from New Zealand too. A remarkable flower that we recommend without a moment's hesitation.

The November birthstone Pink Topaz is also Kiwi pink trumpet with profound show bench potential. The deeper the pink color the higher the value.

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.

Well formed and well mannered White / Orange double daffodil. Rongoiti Gem never has a bad hair day. Bright and rounded from New Zealand.

Bright and curvy every place a daffodil ought to be bright and curvy. Trena makes a peerless competition quality bloom and is very good for forcing. Early show-stopper in the garden. Once well-known Trena is no longer in the commercial trade. A truly great daffodil that we will always grow, and always list and recommend.