'Princeps' is one of the oldest daffodil cultivars, dating from before 1830. It was probably selected from a wild Dutch narcissus, and is possibly the same as Narcissus gayi. Reading about it just now, on Daffseek, I see it a diploid, having 14 chromosomes, which is the number of chromosomes most wild daffodils have. I wish I had thought to look this up earlier. I might have tried to breed it with other diploids. Alas, it didn't set seed for me. At has a nice fragrance, like many trumpet daffodils.
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| 'Princeps' |
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| 'Princeps' |
Next up is what I believe to be 'Ice Follies', a more modern but still classic daffodil. It's a large cup daffodil from 1953. I found these growing in the woods near my grandfather's old house.
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| 'Ice Follies' (probably) |
And, finally, 'Gigantic Star', a trumpet daffodil more than a century away from 'Princeps'. It's from 1960.
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| 'Gigantic Star' |
'Gigantic Star' is one of the daffodils I planted in fall of 2016. So far it seems permanent. I have it in part sun and ideally would move it to full sun. The stems elongate too much in shade and then the enormous flowers cause them to flop over.
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