Category: Daffodil Types

Information and photographs about the primary categories of daffodils recognized around the world.

Two seedlings, unknown parentage

A couple of years ago I rescued a couple of John Reed seedlings from his discard pile. Perhaps not great exhibition flowers but they had some characteristics that I could possibly use in hybridizing. A lot of pink in the…

Oakwood Daffodils

Dear friends, Dr. John Reed’s former assistant and the new owner of Oakwood Daffodils, Julie Martin, has updated the contact information for Oakwood Daffodils.   The new email address is .   Additionally, Oakwood Daffodils’s bulbs will be available on…

Unknown Daffodil

I acquired a daffodil by the name of ‘Isabell Saltz’ 7YYW-YWW.  I can’t find it in Daffseek.  Does anyone know this daffodil? If I have the wrong name I would appreciate assistance.   clay

2021 ADS Judges Schools

Please consider attending any of our ADS Judges Schools and passing the information on to friends who might also be interested in our Judging Schools. Judging School III, March 6, 2021 – Dallas, TX Held in the Sewell Board Room…

Judges Refresher available at 2021 Virtual National Convention

Daffodil Jeopardy

We hope you have learned of the upcoming 2021 Virtual National Convention, Reach for the Stars, sponsored by the American Daffodil Society (ADS). To learn more about all our exceptional programming or review the registration process, please reference the 2021…

2021 John and Gertrude Wister Award

Ring in the New Year with the 2021 John and Gertrude Wister Award! The 2021 Wister Award is presented to ‘Marieke’, a widely available yellow trumpet with a record of excellent garden performance. Narcissus ‘Marieke’ is an absolutely stellar 1986…