Carters Daffodils

03/23/2026

Carters Daffodils in Ferndale is wanting to trade (flowers and bulbs) for help in my daffodil Beds. I want to promote hybridizing daffodils and willing to teach interested gardeners on the ins and outs of hybridization. Learn how to create new varieties and see hundreds of 1st year blooms. New blooms are now just opening. 1000's of different daffodils. I need help pollenating, weeding, digging, ect. If interested contact Bill Carter at [email protected]

03/23/2026

It's that time of year. My babies are showing their stuff. These two flowers are from the same cross. In Daffodil world they are Grexes. One is a smooth show quality bloom. The other make a very interesting garden flower.

04/25/2025

Promoting Daffodils

04/08/2025

Another new favorite. Yes it is a daffodil. Currently there is this is one of a kind. The only flower of this hybrid in existence. I picked it for the ADS show in Reno. Drop by and check it out.

04/07/2025

A new season of daffodils. Some of the 1st year blooms for 2025. So these flowers are 1 of a kind. There are 1-3 bulbs of these new varieties grown at Carters Daffodils. Taking some of my new seedlings to the National American Daffodil Show in Reno. I've picked 350 flowers to take so far. Way too many.

01/28/2025

Believe it or not it is time to put your order in for quality, non commodity show and garden daffodils. Yes they cost more than Home Depot bulbs but your getting flowers that are vey new to the market. The bulbs at Big Box stores have been around for 50+ years. Qdaffs has sells mostly bulbs that have been hybridized in the last 20 years. https://www.qdaffs.us/ They have a great selection of newer bulbs at reasonable prices. One of my go to bulbs suppliers. Made my order yesterday.

Specialty Daffodils for the American Garden . Rare, limited, and unusual quality Daffodil bulbs hand cultivated in the Netherlands. Hundreds of Narcissus cultivars: species; miniatures; historics; heirloom; antique; rare; award winners; for delivery this fall. High Quality Daffodil Bulbs for Sale. T...

10/25/2024

Now that I received my bulbs from Q Daffs USAs what do I do prior to planting?

First I record the new purchased varieties in an excel spreadsheet. I have over 1,000 named varieties and over 3,000 seedlings so a spreadsheet is a good way to manage the data. The spreadsheet shows where the bulbs are planted and how many bulbs or flowers they produce each year. Also my spreadsheet shows who and where they were created. It is important in a daffodil show to know what country they originated from since there are categories like Flowers hybridized in the USA . My spreadsheet also automatically creates a link to daffseek.org which shows the family tree of the bulb. As an example a common daffodil called Ice Follies the link to daffseek.org is

https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Ice%20Follies

As daffseek.org shows pictures, who created the flower, when it was created, family tree etc. It originated almost 70 years ago in the Netherlands. Since it has been around for so long and it is very vigorous it is likely you may have some in your garden.

Daffseek database details for daffodil (Narcissus) 'Ice Follies' with 20 photos, including parentage, pedigree tree, descendants chart, and original breeder comments.

10/24/2024

Another good source for rare daffodils.

10/24/2024

I've always knew the Pacific Northwest was hot spot for growing daffodils. Doing a bit of research I found an article taking about the history of growing daffodils in WA state. A thanks to the American Daffodil Society for having sources of daffodil information.

PUBLISHED BY PUGET SOUND SEED CO., INC.
La Conner, Wash.
Printed in the United States of America by
Sweeney, Straub & Dimm, Portland, Oregon
FIRST EDITION, SEPT, 1, 1946

NORTHWEST BULBS

Shortly before -World War I, several Puyallup Valley farmers imported some Narcissus bulbs from Holland and England. Among the best known of the group were Frank Chervenka, Hamilton Kronen, George Lawler and Charles Orton, mostly extensive raspberry fanners. who took this up as a hobby. Daffodils
now grown by the millions in America. Then our Government stepped in. The U. S. Department of Agriculture calmly announced that Daffodils grown from these farmers. Northwest bulbs Flowered two weeks in advance of imported ones especially
when forced in greenhouses. Then Congress passed the law preventing European bulbs' being imported after 1926 on account of danger of diseases and pests. The Hollanders soon found that the soil and climate here was even better for Daffodils than their native land. Many moved here. Today there are several large farms from B. C. to the Siskivous. located at Lynden, Puyallup, Sumner, Tacoma, in the Skagit area between Mount Vernon
and La Conner. and in the Grays Harbor district in Washington also in several areas of Oregon including Sandy and the fertile river valleys south of Portland. Here millions of Daffodils (and other bulbs) are grown each year and shipped to every area of this great country. There are only two other places in the World where Narcissus are grown commercially in any quantity both of these in Europe. Some of the largest fields of Daffodil bulbs are located in Holland. The other important areas are all located on the East coast of England in the Romney and Lincolnshire marshes. In an event it is quite reasonable to expect that there will be an annual
demand for the millions of bulbs grown in this great Northwest.

10/22/2024

Where does a Daffodil Hybridizer buy bulbs? My favorite suppliers are Esker Farm Daffodils and Q Daffs USA . Just got my Q Daffs USA order. A large box of very good quality bulbs. These bulbs were registered with the ADS since 1980 so are varieties most people have never seen. The prices are quite reasonable. The attached photo is what was received for an order of 3 bulbs. What was sent were 3 large mother bulbs and 3 offsets. I will likely get 3 flowers the 1st year but 6 the second year. I know Carlos who grew them in the Netherlands. His company Fluwel Flower Bulbs grows some great bulbs but he has Q Q Daffs USA import them to the US.

09/17/2024

3 more days to order daffodil Bulbs from Carters Daffodils. One of the few sources of daffodils grown in American.

The American Daffodil Society (ADS) is the United State's Center for Daffodil information. In our website, enjoy the beautiful photos, search for a local daffodil society, check out the calendar of events. We value all ADS members ranging from beginners to members who are internationally recognized....

09/02/2024

Looks like my FB has been hacked. If you are already my friend and you get a new friend request please ignore it. It is not really me.