Narcissus (Daffodils)
We have specialised in the shorter and more unusual daffodils, both old and new for over 40 years. We are the holders of the NCCPG National Collection of Alec Gray daffodils. Narcissus is the correct name for all Daffodils and are classified according to their shape into 13 divisions. The division is given in brackets after the name:
1 trumpet 2 large cup 3 small cup 4 doubles 5 triandrus 6 cyclamineus 7 jonquils 8 multi-headed 9 poeticus 10 bulbocodium 11 split corona 12 miscellaneous 13 wild species
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Actaea (9)
BN0561
Narcissus Actaea Scented Naturalising
(Division 9) This old favourite daffodil is included by popular request. Pure white petals and red rimmed cup like a sophisticated, earlier Pheasant Eye type. The flowers are larger and really look you in the eye. We have hundreds naturalised in our wild garden. Scented. Plant the bulbs in the autumn in any good garden soil in sun or part shade. they can be grown in borders or naturalised in grass.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height:16"
Flowers: April
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Angels Breath (5)
BN0347
Narcissus Angels Whisper Scented
(Division 5) This was the star daffodil of 2020 - like a paler Hawera but with more compact flowers, earlier and with a glorious scent. Wonderful for pots or sunny border.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 8"
Flowering: March - April
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Baby Boomer (7)
BN0494
Narcissus Baby Boomer Scented
(Division 7) An improved form of Narcissi Jonquil with up to 8 strongly scented golden flowers. makes a long lasting pot for full sun or sunny border.
Height: 10"
Flowers: April
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Bulbocodium Oxford Gold (10)
BN0597
Narcissus Bulbocodium Oxford Gold
(Division 10) A magnificent cultivar with an endless succession of rich gold flowers of much substance. Fabulous long lasting pot plant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 8"
Flowers: March-April
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Canaliculatus (8)
BN0582
Narcissus Canaliculatus (8) Scented
(Division 8) A tiny species with masses of pure white scented flowers with small yellow cups. Needs a dry sunny situation.. Flowers well at the edge of my sequioadendron!
Height: 5"
Flowers: March
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Elka (1)
BN0115
Narcissus Elka
(Division 1) A tiny gem of a dwarf trumpet daffodil from Alec Gray with a slightly nodding lemon trumpet and milk white petals. It does well here on the edge of a shrub bed where it is dry in the summer. Plant in the autumn. Summer dormant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 4"
Flowers: March
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February Gold (6)
BN0391
Narcissus February Gold Naturalising
(Division 6) The well-known and loved early cyclamineus hybrid daffodil with golden-yellow petals that sweep back from the slightly darker cup. Very long lasting ( over 40 years here) and good for naturalising. One of the first to flower, living up to its name in most springs. Iron constitution and perfect for massing in grass under trees or planting among shrubs.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 12"
Flowers: February - March
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Geranium (8)
BN0513
Narcissus Geranium Scented
(Division 8) A most striking poetaz daffodil with four to six flowers on an stiff, upright stem. The petals are pure glistening white with a bright scarlet-orange cup. It is strongly scented and makes an excellent cut flower. Good in pots or in the garden. Vigorous.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 16"
Flowers: Late March
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Golden Echo (7)
BN0470
Narcissus Golden Echo
(Division 7) A superb hybrid with up to 3 well formed heads. The bright yellow of the long cup bleeds onto the pure white of the petals. Very dramatic and a good doer. It can be grown in light shade.
Height: 14"
Flowers: April
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Hawera
BN0331
Narcissus Hawera
(Division 5) This delightful small daffodil is one of the best for pots as it produces many stems per bulb and up to 10 flowers per stem. Each stem has several very graceful nodding blooms of soft lemon yellow with paler cup. The petals turn back from the cup. It is easily grown in well-drained soil in sun or part shade but it prefers neutral to acid soil. It grows well with grape hyacinths and small tulips in pots. See pot collection 4
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 7"
Flowers: April
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Ice Baby (1)
BN0120
Narcissus Ice Baby
(Division 1). An excellent new dwarf variety with perfect tiny creamy white trumpets. Early flowering. Was previously called Snow Baby.
Height: 5"
Flowering: February - March
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Itzim (6)
BN0393
Narcissus Itzim Naturalising
(Division 6) This dramatic daffodil has well reflexed, yellow petals and a slender, bright orange trumpet. It is very vigorous and a good all rounder for borders in sun or shade and it will naturalise in grass. Plant the bulbs in the autumn in any good garden soil. Summer dormant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height:12"
Flowers: March
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Jack Snipe (6)
BN0394
Narcissus Jack Snipe Naturalising
(Division 6) A dwarf cyclamineus hybrid daffodil. The swept back creamy petals and dark primrose cup make a striking contrast. This vigorous daffodil is perfect for borders in sun or shade and is excellent for naturalising .They have grown under our cherries for 40 years. Plant the bulbs in the autumn in any good garden soil. Summer dormant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 8"
Flowers: Late March
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Twinkling Yellow (13)
BN0476
Narcissus Twinkling Yellow (jonquilla) Scented
(Division 13) A much improved selection of this well-known jonquil species daffodil. It has up to six very strongly scented deep yellow flowers to a stem. Perfect for pots or well drained soil in sun. Plant the bulbs in autumn. Summer dormant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 12"
Flowers: April
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Kokopelli (7)
BN0468
Narcissus Kokopelli Scented
(Division 7) This excellent jonquil daffodil has up to four perfect round yellow flowers with slightly deeper cups. It has stiff, very upright stems. It makes an excellent cut flower. the bulbs should be planted in autumn in a well drained soil in sun. It can be naturalised.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 12”
Flowers: April
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Lent Lily (lobularis) Pseudonarcissus
BN0587
Narcissus Lent Lily (lobularis) pseudonarcissus
Only small stocks are available of this, our native daffodil. It will naturalise in thin grass and under small trees.
Height: 7"
Flowers: Feb - March
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Lieke (7)
BN0471
Narcissus Lieke Scented
(Division 7) This excellent new jonquil daffodil has two perfect round white flowers with lemon cups. It is scented and late flowering. It makes an excellent cut flower. The bulbs should be planeted in autumn in a well drained soil in sun.
Height: 14”
Flowers: April
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Little Gem (1)
BN0591
Narcissus Little Gem Naturalising
(Division 1) A free-flowering, exquisite pale gold trumpet narcissus — a perfect miniature. It is early flowering and an excellent bulb for naturalising. It is a long lived daffodil, quickly clumping up. We grow it mixed with Narcissus lent lily, under our trees. Plant the bulbs in autumn. Summer dormant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: Early March
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Minnow (8)
BN0514
Narcissus Minnow
(Division 8) This is an exquisite little tazetta daffodil with several creamy flowers on each stem with contrasting pale yellow cups. It is very dwarf and does very well and increases rapidly. A good garden plant.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: March - April
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Paperwhite Ziva (13)
BN0725
Narcissus Paperwhite Ziva Scented
(Division 13) the classic Christmas flowering daffodil for indoor display. Masses of pure white heavily scented flowers. Flowering is usually 6 weeks after planting. Plant bulbs on the surface of the soil and keep the pot on a cool windowsill, glasshouse or porch , not in the dark. Just keep the bulbs unplanted in a light place until you are ready to plant.
Height: 12"
Flowering: November - January (6 weeks from planting)
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Pipit (7)
BN0458
Narcissus Pipit Scented Naturalising
(Division 7) This delightful jonquil daffodil has two to three heads of scented flowers. The whole flower opens a clear lemon and then the cups gradually fade to almost white. A reversed bicolor daffodil. Perfect for pots, sunny borders or it can be naturalised in grass. Scented, very vigorous and long lasting. An excellent cut flower.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 10"
Flowers: April
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poeticus recurvus (13)
BN0586
Narcissus Poeticus Recurvus Scented Naturalising
(Division 13) Poets daffodil.The old-fashioned late Pheasant Eye daffodil loved by everyone. This late flowering daffodil species is almost the last to flower: in early May. It is strongly scented. The snow-white petals are swept back from a tiny yellow cup edged with red. Wonderful with bluebells and pink campion. Can be naturalised under trees but it will be shy to flower if it is too dry.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 17"
Flowers: May
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Quail (7)
BN0469
Narcissus Quail Scented
(Division 7) Strong growing, increasing rapidly, with a rich golden colour and a powerful scent. Up to 3 heads per stem. Good in pots as well. Excellent all rounder.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 14"
Flowering: March - April
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Rapture (6)
BN0412
Narcissus Rapture (6)
A superb golden cyclamineus with well reflexed petals and a narrow trumpet.
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Height: 12"
Flowers: March - April
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Rijnveld's Early Sensation (2)
BN0110
Narcissus Rijnveld's Early Sensation Naturalising
(Division 2) One of the most useful trumpet daffodils. It is the first to flower, often around Christmas and long before any other daffodil is hardly through the ground. It is the daffodil that used as an example of 'global warming'!. It is a short flowered standard trumpet daffodil shape of egg-yellow throughout with a rather flared cup that is slightly darker. Often in flower on Christmas Day. Very vigorous, increasing well. Can be naturalised in grass.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 10"
Flowers: January - February
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Sabrosa (7)
BN0477
Narcissus Sabrosa
(Division 7) A tiny jonquil daffodil with 1-2 lemon flowers. Absolutely exquisite, increasing well and covering itself with tiny flowers. It needs a dry summer so is probably best grown in an Alpine house. Always a show-winner and sells on sight.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 5"
Flowers: April
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Sailboat (5)
BN0474
Narcissus Sailboat
(Division 5) This magnificent dwarf daffodil is one of the very best for pot work as it produces up to 3 flowers per stem and many stems per bulb so a few bulbs go a long way. I mix them with grape hyacinths and small red tulips. 1-3 small white and yellow flowers. Fades to cream. Long lasting.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 12"
Flowers: April
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Segovia (3)
BN0229
Narcissus Segovia
(Division 3) A very beautiful miniature jonquil, regularly winning prizes in competitions. Exquisite small round flowers with superbly contrasting glistening white petals and small flat lemon cup. Perfect for a rock garden, large trough or massed in a pot.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: April
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Silver Chimes (8)
BN0516
Narcissus Silver Chimes Scented
(Division 8). An extremely lovely hybrid with up to ten perfect flowers on each stem. Pure white with a clotted cream cup.
Height: 12"
Flowering: April
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Spoirot (10)
BN0590
Narcissus Spoirot
(Division 10) A vigorous and free flowering pure white bulbocodium with a hint of green. Unlike most white bulbocodiums it flowers in the spring rather than before Christmas. Needs a dry summer dormancy to do well.
Height: 9"
Flowering: March
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Starlight Sensation (5)
BN0342
Narcissus Starlight Sensation Scented
(Division 5) Winner best US daffodil 2017. 3-5 stems per bulb and 2-4 flowers per stem. A lot of flower power! Creamy white with a light fragrance. Fantastic in pots.
Height: 14"
Flowers: April
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Sundisc (7)
BN0460
Narcissus Sundisc
(Division 7) A fine Alec Gray jonquil hybrid with perfect rounded straw-yellow flowers and a tiny golden cup. Superb for a rock garden etc.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: April
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Sunlight Sensation (5)
BN0341
Sunlight Sensation Scented
(Division 5) Sister seedling to Starlight Sensation and even more floriferous. Soft yellow throughout with delicate scented flowers that are slightly nodding. Will make a spectacular pot full. Absolutely delightful small daffodil full of grace and charm.
Height: 12"
Flowers: April
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Tete Boucle (12)
BN0677
Narcissus Tete Boucle Double Tete a Tete
(Division 12) A chance sport of the well known Tete a Tete. It is identical in all ways except that the flowers are fully double. The flowers are remarkably long lasting and perfect for a spectacular display in pots or the front of a sunny border or on a rock garden.
Height: 6"
Flowers: February - March
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Tete-a-Tete (12)
BN0673
Narcissus Tete-a-Tete Naturalising
(Division 12) Probably the best known of all daffodils and certainly the best of all dwarf hybrids. Very early and tremendously long lasting. Golden petals very slightly reflexed from the neat cups. Cannot be too strongly recommended and a very prolific flowerer. Perfect for containers, borders, woodland or even grass. Indestructible.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: February - March
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Thalia (5)
BN0337
Narcissus Thalia Naturalising
(Division 5) Probably one of the best known old cultivars but still one of the best for growing in grass. A lovely old triandrus hybrid with one to three delicate nodding white flowers on each stem. Excellent for naturalising.
Height: 12"
Flowering: Late March
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Topolino (1)
BN0123
Narcissus Topolino Naturalising
(Division 1) A sturdy, dwarf bicolour daffodil similar to Lent Lily and equally good for naturalising. Creamy petals and pale yellow trumpet.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 6"
Flowers: Early March
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Toto (12)
BN0674
Narcissus Toto
(Division 12) A superb dwarf hybrid with up to three small star shaped white flowers. Like a white Tete a Tete and just as good in pots and even more florifierous. Up to 3 heads per stem and 3 stems per bub. Vigorous. Excellent in pots or can even be grown in grass.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 10"
Flowering: March/April
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Tresamble (5)
BN0338
Narcissus Tresamble Naturalising
(Division 5) A very vigorous triandrus which gives a mass of pure white flowers with a creamy cup. Highly recommended. Excellent for borders or can be naturalised in grass.
Height: 16"
Flowers: Late March
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Van Sion (4)
BN0301
Narcissus Van Sion (Telamonius plenus) Naturalising
(Division 4) The original double yellow daffodil dating from pre 1620. Useful for naturalising because of it's iron constitution.
Height: 15"
Flowers: Early March
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Winter Waltz (6)
BN0415
Narcissus Winter Waltz Naturalising
(Division 6) An unusual new hybrid with sturdy flowers on short stems. Perfect for early pots. Clean white petals sweep back from a long trumpet that opens lemon and fades to apricot.
Height: 12"
Flowers: March
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Yellow (Lemon) Sailboat
BN0491
Narcissus Yellow (Lemon) Sailboat
(Division 5) For sheer flower power this takes some beating with masses of neat pale yellow flowers. Up to 3 heads per stem and many stems per bulb. Superb in pots and long lasting. The correct name is Yellow Sailboat although it is sometimes listed as Lemon Sailboat. Try mixing it with N.Toto.
Height: 12"
Flowers: March - April