Below are articles about researchers, hybridizers, and enthusiasts who are, or have been, very involved with daffodils. These PDFs or webpage links are presented in alphabetical order by the individual’s last name.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A’s
ADS Presidents and Convention Sites
Barbara Abel Smith, England, 1991 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1991
Thera Lou Adams, “In Greg’s Garden,” Greg Grant, Texas Gardener, Jan-Feb, 2016
Jaydee Ager, 2005 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2005
Jaydee Ager, 2021 ADS Presidents Medal recipient
Kathryn Andersen, 2002 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2002
Kathryn Andersen, 2013 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2013
Kathryn Andersen, Interview at Philadelphia Flower Show, March 2019
Martha Anderson, 2001 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2001
Polly Anderson, 1975 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June 1975
Rod Armstrong interview by Nancy Baldwin of the Dallas Morning News, June 20, 2012
ADS 2015 Silver Medal awarded to Rodney Armstrong
Rod Armstrong obituary, The Daffodil Journal, September 2017
B’s
Robert and Sara Backhouse – “The Daffodil Growers”, (a link to parksandgardens.ac.uk, August 7, 2011) Parks & Gardens
“The Backhouse Family,” Durham County Local History Society, 2008
Stan Baird, 1994 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1994
Delia Bankhead, 2000 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2000
Peter Barr Interview, THE “DAFFODIL KING.”. (1900, November 23). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 – 1918), p. 3. Retrieved August 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89428344
“Peter Barr: Hardy pioneer who saved daffodils from extinction,” The Herald Scotland, March 18, 1996
“A miniature world of daffodils,” by Warren Boyles, Forty South, 2004 (about Rod Barwick)
Rod Barwick audio interview at Glenbrook Bulb Farm on YouTube video by Richard Perrigon, October 3, 2012
Rod Barwick, Tasmania, Australia, 2005 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2005
“Hills of gold daffodils”, a link to SFGate.com, by Victor Yool featuring Gene Bauer and Jacquie Williams-Courtwright, February 2003
William Bender, 1986 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1986
William Bender, 1996 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1996
W.A. Bender, obituary; Malcolm Bradbury; RHS Daffodils and Tulips 1998-9
Ben Blake and Nancy Tackett, 2007 ADS Gold Medal recipients, The Daffodil Journal, June 2007
American Daffodil Society 2016 Silver Medal Awarded to Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake
John Blanchard, England, 1989 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1989
Mrs. Howard B. Bloomer, Jr., 1967 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1967
Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1988 ADS Gold medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1988
“England’s Bourne Cup;” Frederick E. Board; ADS Daffodil Journal, December 1966
Dolores Bourne, 1993 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1993
E. A. Bowles History, E.A. Bowles of Myddelton House Society
“How They Were Made;” Marie Bozievich; The Daffodil Journal, June 1979
Marie Bozievich, 1980 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1980
Ian Brodie, “Garden of the week: Brodie Castle and Estate,” heraldscotland.com March 21, 2020
Brodie of Brodie, The Telegraph, March 2003
American Daffodil Society 2016 Gold Medal Awarded to M.E. (Spud) Brogden
Mount Angel Abbey Library, Fr. Athanasius Buchholz, Facebook, April 2013
C’s
“The Capens of Boonton Honored For Work Breeding Flowers,” New Jersey, year unknown
Mitch Carney, ADS 2020 Silver Medal Recipient
Weldon Childers, 2004 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2004
Les Cleveland, – “Dunedin’s loss – Mr. Daffodil – Les Cleveland”, What if? Dunedin, May 16, 2013
Les Cleveland, – “Gardener’s Gift to Dunedin Recognised”, The Otago Daily Times, September 10, 2010
“Irene and Mary Copeland”, Old House Gardens, 2012
Laura Lee Cox, 1966 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June 1966
Charles W. Culpepper, William O. Ticknor, The Daffodil Journal, March 1966
D’s
Roxane Daniels, newspaper clip, American Profile, February 22, 2012
Mary Darling, Silver Medal recipient for 2019
Robert Darling, Gold Medal recipient for 2023
Tony Davis interview at Glenbrook Bulb Farm on YouTube video by Richard Perrigon, approximately 2014
Jan de Graaff obituary, by Susan Heller Anderson, The New York Times, August 1989
J. M. deNavarro’s Hybridizing Records, 1944 to 1972
“Daffodil Fanatic Jason Delaney,” by Marty Ross, The American Gardener, March April 2017
Jeanie Driver, 2013 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2013
Sidney Dubose, 2000 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2000
Sidney Dubose, obituary; Brian S. Duncan; RHS Daffodils, Snowdrops and Tulips 2007-2008
Brian S. Duncan, 1986 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1986
“Peter Barr Memorial Cup – Brian S. Duncan;” Eddie Jarman; RHS Daffodils 1987-8
Brian Duncan Hybridising Records, 1964 – 2002
Brian Duncan interview at Memphis Tennessee in 2014 on DaffTube.org
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E’s
Murray Evans, 1975 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1975
Evans, Murray, obituary, The Daffodil Journal, March 1989
Richard Ezell, 2003 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2003
F’s
Dr. Abilio Fernandes, Portugal; 1963 ADS Gold Medal recipient; The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1963
Fernandes, Abilio, obituary, The Daffodil Journal, March 1995
Mrs. Royal A. Ferris, 1983 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1983
Doug Fielding video interview at Glenbrook Bulb Farm on YouTube video by Richard Perrigon, October 3, 2012
Kirby Fong, 2010 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2010
Kirby Fong, video interview, Claremont Daffodil Show, Australia, September 2, 2012
Matthew Fowlds, 1972 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1972
Matthew Fowlds, obituary; The Daffodil Journal, March 1973 The Matthew Fowlds Medal, offered at the ADS National Show for the Best NAMED standard cyclamineus hybrid in the show, was named in his honor.
Kitty Frank, 1991 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, 1991
Richard Frank, 1999 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1999
Barbara Fry, England, 1981 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1981
G’s
Frank Galsworthy (1883 – 1959)
Frank Galyon, 2004 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2004
Frank Galyon, obituary; Malcolm Bradbury; RHS Daffodils, Snowdrops and Tulips 2007-2008
Bill Gould, hybridizing records 1966 to 1971, and garden notes; Handwritten, so not searchable.
ADS 2018 Silver Medal awarded to Glenna Graves
Alec Gray, 1966 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1966
Alec Gray, To Scilly, 1979, a book of poems
“Acres of Hope” – Jill Griesse, by Teresa Woodard, Ohiomagazine.com, April 2013
Mary Lou Gripshover, 1984 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1984
Mary Lou Gripshover, “Peter Barr Memorial Trophy;” Brian S. Duncan; RHS Daffodils 1993-4
Mary Lou Gripshover, “Peter Barr Memorial Cup 1993,” Bloem Bollen Cultuur, May 27, 1993
Mary Lou Gripshover, 1999 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1999
“Daffodils, regional proven performers,” Mary Lou Gripshover, American Gardener, March/April 2011
Mary Lou Gripshover; “Dedicated to Daffodils,” by Beth Burwinkel, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2004
ADS 2015 President’s Medal Awarded to Mary Lou Gripshover
H’s
ADS 2022 Gold Medal Awarded to Joe Hamm
Joe Hamm’s Washington County garden featured by Doug Oster, on Local CBS, April 27, 2018
Louise Hardison, 1981 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1981
Sir Frank Harrison, Northern Ireland, 1993 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1993
Sir Frank Harrison, obituary; Malcolm Bradbury; RHS Daffodils with Snowdrops and Tulips 2003-2004
Elise Havens, 1997 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1997
Elise Havens radio interview on Avant Gardener, (begins at about the 8:50 mark)
A.H. Haworth, obituary August 24, 1833
Brent Heath, 2003 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2003
Charles Heath – “Gold Was Where He Found It”, Reader’s Digest, March 1956
“George W. Heath of Gloucester, VA;” Franklin D. Seney; The Daffodil Journal, September 1965
Phyllis Hess, 2008 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2008
ADS 2022 Silver Medal Awarded to Janet Hickman
John Hollever, Spring wins for daffodil grower, by Karoline Tuckley, The Dominion Post, New Zealand, October 15, 2015
John Horsfield – a Lancashire handloom weaver who hybridized ‘Horsfieldii’
Gilman Hu – Bulb Carver on mission to revive Chinese tradition, by Zenaida Serrano Espanol, honoluluadvertiser.com, January 2003
John Hunter, “Breeder sends bulbs back to Brodie Castle;” New Zealand Mail, Sept 2007
John Hunter, New Zealand, 2011 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2011
John Hunter, “A golden moment,” by Anna Pearson, Nelson Mail, Stuff.co.nz, September 15, 2011, v2
John Hunter Receives Peter Barr Cup, April 2012, NDSNZ Website
“Daffodils more than a Harbinger of Spring, John and Marie Hunter”, by Carly Gooch, NelsonMail, September 12, 2018
I’s
No entries
J’s
“David Jackson has won both top US and UK Awards” The Weekly Times Farm Magazine, April 10, 2014
David Jackson, Tasmania, Australia, 1994 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1994
David Jackson, “Peter Barr Memorial Trophy;” Brian S. Duncan; RHS Daffodils and Tulips, 1996-7
K’s
Sally Kington, England, 2002 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2002
ADS 2021 Silver Medal recipient, Sara Kinne
Wells Knierim, 1970 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1970
Harold Koopowitz, 2012 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2012
Keith Kridler, 2011 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2011
L’s
John R. Larus, 1973 ADS Silver medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1973
John Lea’s Hybridizing Records, 1948 – 1984
“Edward Leeds and his daffodils”, Parks & Gardens UK, August 7, 2011
Bill Lee, 2009 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2009
George Lee’s Notebooks, 1938 – 1940
George Lee, 1964 ADS Silver Medal recipient, Board of Directors’ Minutes, April 1964
George Lee, obituary, The Daffodil Journal, March 1978
“Mrs. Helen Lee’s Daffodil Garden”
Naomi Liggett, 1995 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1995
Mrs. Goethe Link, 1963 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1963
Helen Link, 1995 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1995
Helen Link’s Hybridizing Records, 1963 – 1996
Helen Link’s Daffodils – A Living Legacy, Crown Hill
Link Gardens near Moorseville, by Nancy Kriplen, New York Times, March 1, 1981
John Lipscomb Obituary, October 14 2014
M’s
Peggy Macneale, 1998 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1998
Peggy Macneale Honored with first SWODS Distinguished Service Award, October 1994
Becky Fox Matthews video interview on “A Walk with Marilee” on Access Nashville, hosted on YouTube.com
Becky Fox Matthews, 2021 ADS Silver Medal recipient
Loyce McKenzie, 1992 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1992
Loyce Cain McKenzie, The Northside Sun, obituary, 11/23/2020
Denise & Neil McQuarrie; Nelson Mail, Alastair Paulin, October, 2012
Howard J. Merrill, Let’s Plant Daffodils, 1996
Faith and Graeme Miller, Our World Champion Daffodil, Te Awamutu Courier, 2004
Graeme and Faith Miller daughters, “A Family Affair, by Alison Kay, NZ Gardener, March 1977
“Grant Mitsch Honored with MGCA Award;” Daffodil Journal, December 1964
Grant E. Mitsch, 1965 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1965
“Grant E. Mitsch–King of American Daffodil Hybridists;” Murray Evans; Daffodil Journal, June 1965
“Grant Mitsch Honored by the Garden Club of America;” The Daffodil Journal, September 1968
“The Grant and Amy Mitsch Award;” Jean and Tom Throckmorton; The Daffodil Journal, June 1979
Grant Mitsch, obituary; Eddie Jarman,; RHS Daffodils 1990-91
Jane Moore, 1988 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1988
Nancy Mott, 2006 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2006
B. Y. Morrison, 1960 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1960 (See the following article to learn about his achievements.)
“Benjamin Yeo Morrison;” John C. Wister; RHS, The Daffodil and Tulip Yearbook 1963 (On being the recipient of the Peter Barr Memorial Cup)
Benjamin Yoe Morrison, obituary; The Daffodil Journal, March 1966
Dianne Mrak interview by Clippings, Susan Banks, April 8, 2000
Dianne Mrak, 2023 ADS Silver Medal recipient
N’s
Sally Nash, ADS 2014 Silver Medal recipient
Noton, W.A., “Mr. Noton wins five daffodil trophies,” c.1965, UK
O’s
No entries
P’s
William G. Pannill, 1976 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1976
William G. Pannill, 1984 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1984
William G. Pannill, “Crazy Over Daffodils,” The Palm Beach Post, May 30, 1999
Daffy Bill’s Daffodils, William G. Pannill, 2014
William G. Pannill, Daffy Bill’s Daffodil video
William G. Pannill, obituary, RHS Daffodil, Snowdrop and Tulip Yearbook 2014
John Pearson, England, 2009 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2009
Jan Pennings, “Love of bulbs spans the world” featuring Jan Pennings, The Nelson Mail, September 22, 2009
Jan Pennings, ADS 2014 Gold Medal recipient
ADS 2018 Gold Medal awarded to Graham Phillips
Phil Philips, New Zealand, 1983 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1983
Clive Postles, England, 1998 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1998
“The Edwin C. Powell Story;” Freeman A. Weiss; The Daffodil Journal, December 1965
Q’s
First ADS convention, Carey Quinn, Mr. C.R. Wootton, Guy Wilson, RHS Yearbook 1956
Judge Carey Quinn, 1962 ADS Gold Medal recipient; The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1962
Memorial-Quinn, Carey E. (Judge), The Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, October 6, 1969
R’s
Crawford Ernest Radcliff Obituary “Famous Breeder of Daffodils”, Digitised newspapers and more, March 16, 1949
Jamie and Kay Radcliff interview at Launceston Daffodil Show on YouTube video by Richard Perrigon, 2014
Peter Ramsay, New Zealand, 2008 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2008
Kate Reade, “Peter Barr Memorial Trophy;” RHS Daffodils 1990-91
Kate Reade, Northern Ireland, 1992 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1992
John Reed, 2010 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2010
John Reed obituary, 11/22/2020, Preeminent daffodil hybridizer and good friend
Father Bede Reynolds Dies, Los Angeles Times, 1989; [daffodil grower in Southern California]
Eve Robertson, 1989 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1989
Eve Robertson, obituary; Loyce McKenzie; RHS Daffodils with Snowdrops and Tulips 2003-2004
George Lee presents the Patricia Reynolds Perpetual Trophy to Bill Roesé at the Southern California Daffodil Show in 1960,RHS Daffodil and Tulip Yearbook, 1961
William Roesé, 1987 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1987
William Roesé, obituary; Brian Duncan, RHS Daffodils and Tulips 2001-2002
Jack S. Romine, obituary, 1992
S’s
Ron Scamp, England, 2006 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2006
Ron Scamp, “Ron Scamp is the Champ”, Falworth Packet, April 1, 2013
How Cornish daffodils have won the Oscars of the flower world – Ron Scamp, The Herald, March 6, 2016
ADS 2017 Silver Medal Awarded to Lynn Slackman
ADS 2021 Presidents Medal Awarded to Lynn Slackman
Ted Snazelle, 1997 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1997
Robert Spotts, 2007 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2007
Bob Spotts and his green daffodils 2010
ADS 2015 Gold Medal awarded to Robert Spotts
Tom Stettner, 2012 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2012
Robert Sydenham; Edgbastonia, courtesy The Daffodil Society (UK)
T’s
Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake, 2007 ADS Gold Medal recipients, The Daffodil Journal, June 2007
American Daffodil Society 2016 Silver Medal Awarded to Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake
George Tarry, England, 2001 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 2001
Tom D. Throckmorton, 1977 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1977
Dr. Tom Throckmorton – Surgeon is Daffodil Authority; Iowa Methodist Medical Center News, Summer 1977
Tom D. Throckmorton, 1980 ADS Gold Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June 1980
Dr. Tom D. Throckmorton, obituary; Mary Lou Gripshover; RHS Daffodils and Tulips 2000-2001
William O. Ticknor, 1985 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1985
Lawrence Trevanion, “Exploring Bulbocodiums,” a PowerPoint program
Helen Trueblood, 1996 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1996
Helen Trueblood obituary, The Daffodil Journal, September 2017
Harry Tuggle, 1968 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June 1968 The Tuggle Award, offered in Regional and National Shows, is named in his honor.
Derrick Turbitt, of Northern Ireland, BBC program: Two Gardeners’ World, October 2014
U’s
No entries.
V’s
Lois van Wie – “Flowering Passion;” Scott Brooks, Knoxville News Sentinel, March undated
W’s
Washington (DC) Daffodil Society Founders
Roberta C. Watrous Hybridizing Records
Mrs. George D. Watrous, Jr., 1972 ADS Silver Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1972
Roberta C. Watrous, 1987 ADS Gold Medal recipient, The Daffodil Journal, June 1987
Roberta C. Watrous, obituary; Delia Bankhead; RHS Daffodils and Tulips 2001-2002
ADS 2017 Gold Medal Awarded to Nial Watson
Nial Watson, Ringhaddy, Northern Ireland video interview, BBC , Two Gardener’s World, 2013
ADS Gold Medal for 2019 awarded to William (Bill the Bulb Baron) Welch
2019 ADS Gold Medal nomination letter for William (Bill the Bulb Baron) Welch, Kirby Fong
“We like it wild, Daffodil Hill,” by Grace Bonny, Design Sponge, about Bill the Bulb Baron Welch
James S. Wells, obituary; John Blanchard; RHS Daffodils and Tulips 2000-2001
Mrs. Lawrence Wharton, 1962 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1962
Willis Wheeler, 1965 ADS Silver Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June, 1965
“Hills of gold daffodils”, a link to SFGate.com, by Victor Yool featuring Jacquie Williams-Courtwright and Gene Bauer, February 2003
P.D. Williams, “Cornwall’s Daffodil King;” by Jean Carr, Cornwall Today, March 2018
Alexander Wilson, by John Hunter
“Guy L. Wilson, Herbert Medalist;” Herbertia, Vol. 13, 1946
First ADS convention, Carey Quinn, Mr. C.R. Wootton, Guy Wilson, RHS Yearbook 1956
Guy Wilson obituary as published in The Garden, March 1991
The Guy Wilson Garden, The New University of Ulster, March 1974
Guy L. Wilson Daffodil Garden, Co. Londonderry, 2005
Dr. John C. Wister, 1961 ADS Gold Medal recipient; The Daffodil Bulletin, May 1961
2012 World Daffodil Tour Participants, Holland, Photo
X’s
No entries
Y’s
No entries
Z’s
Matthew Zandbergen, Holland, 1976 ADS Gold Medal recipient; The Daffodil Journal, June 1976
“Remembering Matthew;” obituary, Jane Birchfield, The Daffodil Journal, December 1990