Value & Vigor

A newer double that is most like a lotus blossom when it opens a mild- yellow with an alluring symmetry. As Ambon matures into clear white and pale yellow it gets wide and wild. This is a superior cultivar, I am surprised that it is not offered more widely. A fine cut flower, in the landscape Ambon blooms a bit in the leaves.

This Daffodil is named for a city in the Moluccas in Indonesia, once a Dutch colony before they were asked to leave after the Second World War.

Androcles pulled a thorn from the paw of a pursuing lion who in turn befriended him for life. Androcles the daffodil has calmed and dethorned us also: we depend on this double daffodil in large numbers for the vase and the border. Its broad, softly cream colored, and long lasting blooms project a quiet roar . There are a lot of pale white / yellow doubles, but all- whites are more rare. Bred by the American Bill Pannill, a businessman who created many perfect blooms one at at time.

There is a stable of Brian Duncan White / Pink small cups that we find so rewarding it is hard to pick a favorite. Camilla Clara Kate is so robust and substantial that we think it is time to close the book. A stem like a utility pole, a bloom without weakness. An example of why we love small cups. A lovely competitor that ought always to be in your quiver as it is always easy to find a flawless bloom.

Englander is a cyclamineus seedling that retains just a bit of wildness tempered with high sophistication. Sporting a real long schnoz and slim reflexed petals. Like most Brits, Englander, being a cyclamineus, is not well suited for a afternoon siesta in the blazing sun. An ADS miniature . Fab in the pot and the rockery -- Don't be shy, we grew a lot of Englander.

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.

A reverse bi color that is strong on all points, weak on none. Consistent, rounded, dandy and neat with strong contrasting color, we find Flor d'Luna to be easily best in class. From Clive Postle in his salad days.

A taller, white petaled maiden with an ample, profound-orange, and frilled disc-cup that can become reflexed. Patrimony is unknown, but she is a great example of this form, much more substantial and upright than Professor Einstein who has all but disappeared from cultivation. Jacquline brings a sunny and easy disposition wherever she goes. ADS Historic.

All white La Delicatesse is a well-named large cup. Refined and elegant the frilled trumpet makes you look twice, and then again. A balance of detail and form, a superior cultivar all around. La DÈlicatesse is a proven winner on the show bench. Four inch flowers bloom above the foliage. the leaves.

We are very enamored with Little Spring King, he is one of Carlo's smaller-sized seedlings.Consistently cute as Prince Harry : royal good posture, radiates confidence and blooms well out of the leaves. A triple threat : good for pot culture, good for the rockery, good for exhibition.

A diminutive and spirited fellow, Medway Gold punches well above his weight. A modern cultivar, a cross of species assoanus and Gipsy Queen Medway is a jonquil that sports a starry perianth and a deep cup. Smells good. Way cute. We find it to be a nearly perfect cultivar; it is also a trumpet. For us it returns and increases planted in the open garden. ADS miniature.

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.

Consistent and persistent in the firmament of narcissus, Queen of the North should be everyone's first daffodil. Top of the list : Most beautiful flowers. Widely distributed, known, and loved. Deservedly so. ADS Historics.

An extremely beautiful stem from Grant Mitsch, Ringing Bells is one of the most floriferous triandrus that we can think of. Beautiful white color and late, not a miniature in name but rather in spirit. Don't be shy : think May wedding bouquets. Get this one if you want to get happy.

A tiny, greenish yellow triandrus that is so wasp-waisted it looks like one half of an English Christmas cracker. Gets its sweet fragrance from its daddy, the jonquil henriquesii. ADS Miniature from Walter Blom.

A chatty and vivacious jonquil. Sabrosa is a delicious cross between the two species N.rupicola and N.jonquilla. A star player in the container and rock garden Sabrosa is petite and late, an ADS Miniature.

Ice Follies is one of the most common daffodils you will see along the roadside, long marketed as a white daffodil as with time its cup fades from yellow to white. Slim Whitman, named for the county singer of yore, is a sport of Ice Follies yet its frilly and broad cup retains it color in a chorus of yellow ochre, saffron and gold. Also endowed with an iron will Slim blooms and increases North to South, singing a sweet ballad in the vase or yodeling across the holler in a landscape installation. A timeless bloomer that deserves to be more widely planted.

Snipe is early and photogenic. Extremely perennial and cyclamineus proud. A truly great cultivar that is at home in the rockery and in the pot. We are offering it in the cut flower category, its blooms are too small to cut, but forced in a pot it is long lasting and adorable : we think the florists will know how to use it.

Not to be confused with the 6 W-Y cyclamineus ´†Jack Snipe†ª, who is nice , but by comparison is lacking in charisma.

Snowboard is an all around consistent performer . An all-linen-white large cup, this is a hot-dogger daff in the pot, in the border or on the show bench. A bit shorter, it makes a nice cut stem filler. Broad ovate petals and a touch of green in the cup. The dude is a van der Veek seedling.

On points alone, Alec Gray's Sun Disc is a perfect cultivar : Extremely late, rounded, miniature, long stemmed, long lasting, increases, looks right at you and smells good. Widely available, but we list it because you just need a few to get going. Sells on the cut market when all of the other daffs are long in the tooth.

Sunny and unique, Fragrant Ocean is a jonquil that throws multiple, double, bloomlets per stem. Warm and rich in color, warm and rich in scent. A seedling from Carlos' father. Bring your bathing suit and cocoa butter to the beach party.

For the last half a century Tamar Fire has been a consistent work horse in the daffodil garden. An intermediate double, Tamar is exemplary in rich colors and works multiple jobs : in the border , in competition, and as a dependable pollen parent. While a bit variable, as doubles can be, it is easy to get fine, competition quality blooms.

Here's a compact and sunny daffodil that we are always happy to meetup with in the Spring.. Tangerine Beauty, an intermediate, has a uniquely fruit colored cup . A breathy yellow color brushes across the well-formed white petals. Grows equally well in the North and the deep South. Good on all points.

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.

White Lady is an old Engleheart variety that is maddeningly similar to Queen of the North. Having spent much time looking at the two I can say that if you showed me one flower and asked me which, I could not say. Show me one of each of them together I could easily pick out White Lady. She had a deeper color coalescing at the rim of the cup. Also lightly scented.

It is difficult to identify the old small cups from their shape alone: their form changes greatly as the bloom matures. I am sure that at one time long ago some reprobate mixed a stock of White Lady and Queen of the North together further compounding the confusion. Seagull is also similar.

Like most of the old small cups White Lady is as tough as an iron maiden, blooms well out of the leaves, and a top choice for a sparse vista (aka "Naturalized") planting. ADS Historic.

N.willkommii Section Jonquilla A lovely and refreshing thing, we like to think that Ferdinand the Bull was put out to pasture in a field of Willkommii under the cork trees in Spain. Endemic to Spain and southern Portugal.