Croft 16 Daffodils

'Duchess of Westminster'    2W-W    W. Backhouse, pre-1869   £4.50 each
Narrowly ovate, spreading, milk-white perianth segments. Corona a long, rather slender, flanged, slightly flaring cylinder; at first warm apricot-yellow, usually tinged peachy orange at straight, crenate rim; passing to cream tinged palest buff. More...

'Elegans'    2W-Y    E. Leeds, pre-1851     £4.50 each
Slender, spreading, milk-white perianth segments. Colouring in corona variable: from mid-orange at rim, which quickly blends into strong lemon-yellow, to peachy orange shades which remain distinct from a paler soft primrose-yellow. More...

'Empire'    2W-WYY    E.M. Crosfield, 1908     £3.00 each
Nicely proportioned, with broad, milk-white perianth segments and a fairly long, gradually flaring, funnel-shaped corona. Although a uniform lemon-yellow on opening, the corona becomes progressively paler towards the base. Rim closely ruffled. More...

'Mitylene'   2W-?Y   G.H. Engleheart, pre-1923      £1.50 each
Corona widely expanded at maturity, reminiscent of a more modest forerunner to 'Ice Follies'. Milk-white, broadly ovate perianth segments. Corona deeply and quite closely pleated; creamy, buffy, soft apricot on opening, fading to buffy cream. More...

'Mrs Langtry'    2W-W    W. Backhouse, pre-1869     £1.50 each
Flowers slightly downward facing; perianth segments spreading, twisted, milk-white. Perhaps more than one clone exists as corona seems variable in length; always much pleated; soft lemon on opening; mouth straight; rim closely and fairly evenly ruffled. More...

'Tenedos'    Strain B 2W-W   G.H. Engleheart, pre-1917      £4.50 each
We have two strains with consistent, minor differences. A breathtaking flower with large, spreading, but graceful, perianth segments and a long, buttermilk trumpet gently flaring to a crenate rim. Revd Engleheart's finest, acquired and named by The Brodie in 1917. More...

'Tunis'   2W-WWY    P.D. Williams, pre-1927     £2.50 each
Perianth segments milk-white, broad and untidy. Corona large, rather stout and gently flaring; creamy amber-yellow on opening, passing to soft buff-cream, except for the rim, composed of six obscure, overlapping lobes, rather extravagantly ruffled. More...

'White Nile'   2W-W    The Brodie of Brodie, c.1916     £4.50 each
A medium-sized, well-balanced and refined flower. The long, lightly flanged, trumpet-shaped corona is more slender than 'White Emperor''s, but similar in colouring, passing from soft yellow to creamy white. More...

'Evangeline'    3W-Y    G.H. Engleheart, pre-1908       £2.50 each
This is, perhaps, the most luminous yellow Small Cup. Mature flower similar to 'White Lady' (but corona less frilled) and to 'Seagull' (but perianth remains more rounded and corona less expanded). Rim tinged orange on opening in 2010, for first time ever with us. More...

'Queen of the North'    3W-Y    Barr & Sons, pre-1908       £3.00 each
Clean white perianth segments remain broad and overlapping at base. Corona almost teacup-shaped, passing to pale creamy yellow. Rim composed of deep, overlapping lobes becoming frosted white. Sweetly, but lightly scented. More...

'Saint Olaf'    3W-W   G.H. Engleheart, pre-1913       £4.50 each
Perianth segments milk-white, slightly overlapping; margins incurving towards apex. Corona creamy buff; shallow, scarcely flanged, lightly ruffled; lobes widely overlapping creating an unstable look as if corona has additional petaloid segments at centre. Scented. More...

'White Lady'    3W-Y    G.H. Engleheart, pre-1898       £1.00 each
Perianth segments milk-white, spreading; margins waved but never becoming propeller-shaped as in 'Seagull'. Corona very variable: always deeply pleated, strong citron-yellow at first, and scented; sometimes with overlapping ruffles and fading to cream. More...