Frigid – pre 1935, very late flowering, scented, raised in Northern Ireland (left). Cheerfulness AGM – 1920s, mid to late flowering, strong scent, raised in the Netherlands (middle). Irish Minstrel AGM – 1958, strong and vigorous, mid to late flowering, raised in Ireland (right).
Easter blooms from Cornish flower fields to London homes in the 1930s (left). Laurens Kosta – pre 1906, flowers mid season, raised in the Netherlands (right).
Southern Gem – 1913, flowers mid season, raised in England (left). Actaea – pre 1919, mid to late season, scented, raised in the Netherlands (right).
White Lady – pre 1897, flowers mid season, scented, raised by Rev Engleheart in England. This is one of Ron Scamp’s favourites. It was the delicacy of this beautiful narcissus flowering at Bokelly in Cornwall that sparked our interest in historical daffodils.
Niveth – pre 1931, flowers mid to late season raised by Henry Backhouse in England. Another of Ron Scamp’s favourites (left). Easter Moon – pre 1954, flowers mid to late season, raised in Northern Ireland (right). One of our discoveries in the orchard at Wardington this spring.
Sonata – pre 1910, mid to late season, raised by Rev Engleheart in England (left). Lucifer - pre 1890, flowers early to mid season (right).
Women picking daffodils on the River Fal, Cornwall in the 1920s.
Yellow cheerfulness AGM – pre 1937, late season, raised in the Netherlands (left). Dallas – 1942, tall and late flowering, raised in Scotland (right).
Martha Washington – pre 1927, mid to late season, raised in the Netherlands (left). Lady Margaret Boscowen – pre 1898, spring, raised by the Rev Engleheart in England (right).
Mrs Langtry – pre 1869, flowers mid to late season, raised by William Backhouse in England (left). Mounthood – 1938, mid season, raised in the Netherlands (right). We pick armfuls of these as cut flowers at Wardington.
