18 KEY DAFFODILS CONTINUED

10 N. ‘Gipsy Queen’

The parent of many miniature daffodils with small trumpet flowers that open pale yellow and mature to a white and yellow bicolour. Easy to obtain from specialist bulb sellers, it is a perfect size for containers. 9cm.

11 N. ‘Mitimoto’

A bicoloured, hoop-petticoat daffodil with a golden corona and white perianth. It loves a dry summer and will increase happily on its own if the conditions are right. 15cm.

12 N. ‘Gale Force’

One of Anne’s favourites with deep-gold flowers and swept-back perianth, which makes it look as though it’s facing a gale. 10-12cm.

13 N. ‘Dormouse’

One of the tiniest daffodils, bred by Anne, with pale, greenish ivory flowers and a violet-like scent. The flowers are just 26mm wide. 8cm. 14 N. ‘Coo’

A tiny daffodil bred in Tasmania, with a golden-yellow corona and perianth. Can be tricky to grow and is not one for beginners. 8cm.

15 N. ‘Minionette’

Has chubby, yellow flowers with short corona and well-reflexed perianth. Anne named it after the character in Despicable Me. 12cm.

16 N. ‘Fling’

Bred by Brian Duncan, the flowers are of excellent form, with a reflexed white perianth and lemon-yellow corona. 10cm.

17 N. bulbocodium var. nivalis

In some flowers of this hoop-petticoat species, only the style is exserted while in others, both style and stamen are exserted. 5-20cm.

18 N. ‘Jim Lad’

One of Anne’s first hybrids with 2cm-wide golden-yellow flowers. Incredibly hardy, it has survived in a trough on Anne’s nursery down to -17ºC. 12cm.