Daffodil Divisions & Cultivars

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Introduction:

There are thirteen descriptive divisions of  daffodils.  Miniatures have the same descriptive divisions as standards, only with smaller blooms, usually less than 1 1/2 inch in diameter (see photo at the bottom of this page).


Division 1 - Trumpet Daffodils

American Dream, 1Y-P

The cup is as long or longer than the petals. There is one bloom per stem.


Division 2 - Large-Cupped Daffodils

Pacific Rim, 2 Y-YYR

The cup length measures more than 1/3 of, but less than equal to,
the length of the petals.  There is one bloom per stem.


Division 3 - Small-Cupped Daffodils

Emerald Light, 3 W-GYO

The cup length measures not more than 1/3 of the length of the petals.
There is one bloom per stem.


Division 4 - Double Daffodils

Marabou, 4 W-P

Daffodils have a clustered cup and petals.
There can be one or more flowers per stem.



Division 5 - Triandrus Daffodils

Akepa, 5 W-P

Daffodils have blooms that hang like bells.
There are usually two or more blooms per stem.


Division 6 - Cyclamineus Daffodils

Saint Louie Louie, 6 W-Y

Daffodils have a wind-swept appearance. There is one bloom per stem.


Division 7 - Jonquilla Daffodils

Wendover, 7 W-W

Daffodils have small flowers with flat petals.  There are usually one to three blooms on a stem. They are very fragrant. The foliage is narrow, reed-like.


Division 8 - Tazetta Daffodils

Early Pearl, 8 W-Y

Daffodils have clusters of florets (usually more than three) on a stem.
The foliage and stem are very broad. These flowers are very fragrant.


Division 9 - Poeticus Daffodils

Lemon Cooler, 9 W-GYR

Daffodils have extremely white petals and are noted for this quality.  The cup is a small, crinkled disc.  Cups most often have a green center, surrounded by yellow, with a red rim.  There is usually one fragrant bloom per stem.


Division 10 - Bulbocodium Hybrids

Cornish Cream, 10 W-W

Division 10 consists of daffodils  in the "hoop petticoat" form pictured above.


Division 11 - Split-Cupped Daffodils

Garbo, 11a W-P

Daffodils have cups split at usually more than half its length.


Division 12 - Miscellaneous Daffodils

Mesa Verde, 12 Y-GGY

Division 12 consists of daffodils not classifiable by the first 11 divisions.
Many are inter-division hybrids.


Division 13 - Species, Wild Variants, and Wild Hybrids

N. rupicola subsp. watieri, 13 W-W

Division 13 consists of the wild, natural daffodils.


Miniature Daffodil

Junior Miss, 12 W-Y

Miniatures have the same descriptive divisions as standards,
only with smaller blooms, usually less than 1½ inches in diameter
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