2024 NEW DRYAD DAFFODILS
Our newly registered miniature daffodils for this year include two seedlings from our triandrus hybrids breeding programme, three classically all-yellow, though distinctively shaped, trumpets, a rare N. albimarginatus hybrid, and a tiny star!
These will only be available on EBAY this year, where I can spare some.
IAN YOUNG
IAN YOUNG 12 W-W
I'm delighted that Ian Young, the Bulb Logger, Bulb Despot and all-round bulb super-hero, has consented to having one of my daffs named after him. I thought he would choose this beauty, knowing his fondness for x susannae types. Tall, slim and with one or two gleaming white bell-shaped flowers per 25cm stem, it makes a beautiful pot subject but should also do well outside.
MAGGI YOUNG
MAGGI YOUNG 1 Y-Y miniature
Named for another mainstay of the SRGC – the tireless and perennially cheerful Maggi, this little daffodil is a ray of sunshine. The brilliant yellow corona is flamboyantly frilled, and the overlapping perianth is very gently reflexed. At 15cm high, it is in perfect proportion and every inch (!) a classic.
STARINA
STARINA 7 W-W miniature
From Crème Fraîche Group × Keira sdlg KB-M-1-2007, this is a pristine white little star only 28mm in diameter. The flat corona is deeply and neatly six-lobed. I have found this is easier to grow than its grandparent, N. watieri.
FOLLETTA
FOLLETTA 6 Y-Y miniature
Folletta is ‘pixie’ in Italian, and is a fitting name for this little daffodil, with a reflexed and pointed perianth like a pixie hat. On first opening the back of the perianth is bright emerald green, and still distinctly shaded green at maturity. The corona is gently frilled at the mouth. Flowering at about 15-18cm under glass, it will make a beautiful potful for alpine shows, but also has good show form for cutting.
ALBIA
ALBIA 12 Y-Y/W
This is so far the only one of our N. albimarginatus hybrids with a white rim to the corona.
From N. rupicola subsp. watieri x N. albimarginatus, it retains the beautiful perfume characteristic of its father. The lemon-yellow perianth is reflexed, and the broadly conical corona of the same lemon but with a broad band of white at the rim. Increases well.
IVORY BELLE
IVORY BELLE 12 W-W
Sister to Ivory Ripple, this seedling from N. triandrus x N. cantabricus petunioides, has wide-open creamy flowers, with similar corrugations on the corona, but flowering on shorter stems than Ivory Ripple. The corona is conical and not flared at the mouth, and the narrow foliage is more prostrate.
Ivory Ripple makes a superb pot subject, ideal for alpine exhibitors. It also has a delightful scent!
