Daffodils

The RHS is the International Registration Authority for the genus Narcissus. The RHS publishes The Daffodil Register and Classified List (2008), compiled by Sally Kington, former International Daffodil Registrar.

Registration

Download registration forms here:

Application form to register a daffodil cultivar name

The application form includes notes that include registrars' addresses and guidance on completing and returning the form.

If possible, please send photographs with your registration form. Two photographs, one showing the daffodil face on and one showing the daffodil sideways on, would be ideal. The photos can be digital and sent via email or can be prints or photographic transparencies.

Search the register

You can use this database to search The International Daffodil Register and Classified List (2008).

The database includes daffodils with cultivar names (e.g. 'King Alfred'), cultivar group names (e.g. Nylon Group), or popular names (e.g."Angel's Tears")

Search the daffodil database

Publications

The International Daffodil Register and Classified List 2008 is available in printed format from the RHS Online Shop.

Sections can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat pdf files below:

• Introduction (79KB)
• First flowering dates (45KB)
• Illustrations and glossary of descriptive terms (225KB)
• Abbreviations (43KB)
• Horticultural classification (213KB)
• Botanical classification (36K)
• Botanical names in the genus Narcissus (153KB)
• Early divisions and groups (111KB)
• Segregate genera (13KB)
• List of originators and registrants (382KB)

View additional supplements here

Further information

For further information about The International Daffodil Register and Classified List (2008) contact:

Sharon McDonald
International Daffodil Registrar
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking
Surrey GU23 6QB
UK

Tel: (+44) (0)1483 212403

E-mail: sharonmcdonald@rhs.org.uk

Daffodils to Show and Grow (2008)
Price: USD$8
A selection from The International Daffodil Register and Classified List (2008), of the names, classifications and originators of current cultivars.

From: American Daffodil Society - Executive Director, Jaydee Atkins Ager, PO Box 522, Hawkinsville, GA 31036-0522, USA

Tel: (+00 1) (478) 783 2153
Fax: (+00 1) (478) 783 2153 - but please call first
Email: jager@dishmail.net

Links

American Daffodil Society

DaffSeek:
Daffodil photo database – an online searchable database of images from the American Daffodil Society

Hortus Bulborum- Treasury of historic bulbs, The Netherlands

National Daffodil Society of New Zealand

Northern Ireland Daffodil Group

The Daffodil Society, Great Britain

The Scottish Rock Garden Club

Tasmanian Daffodil Council

Victorian Daffodil Society of Australia