Welcome To The Georgia Daffodil Society!
Our focus is growing and exhibiting daffodils in the north-central and north Georgia region. Our membership includes gardeners from Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and western North Carolina. Member’s interests range from competitively exhibiting modern hybrids, to growing miniatures, to identifying historics to hybridization.
2022-2023 Calendar of Events
Annual Fall Bulb Sale, October 15, 2022
Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market, Saturday 8:30am to 12:00pm
All cultivars $5.00 per bag of 4 bulbs
Links after cultivars are to images courtesy of the American Daffodil Society
H – Historic: C – Classic; F – Fragrant
Trumpets – Division 1
‘Dutch Master’ 1Y-Y (1948, C) Early Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Dutch%20Master
Big Cups – Division 2
‘Ceylon’ 2Y-O (1943, C) Early Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Ceylon
Chromacolor’ 2W-P Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Chromacolor
‘Pink Charm’ 2W-WWP Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Pink%20Charm&auto=1
Small Cup – Division 3
‘Dreamlight’ 3W-GWR (1934, H) Late Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Dreamlight
Doubles – Division 4
‘Erlicheer’ 4W-Y (1934, H) Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Erlicheer&auto=1k
‘White Lion’ 4W-WYY (1949, C) Late Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=White%20Lion&auto=1
Triandrus – Division 5
‘Thalia’ 5W-W (1916, H) Late midseason
https://daffseek.org/list-page/
Cyclamineus – Division 6
‘Carice’ 6WPWY-P Midseason Dwarf
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Carice
Jonquils – Division 7
‘Kedron’ 7Y-O Late Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Kedron
‘Pueblo’ 7W-W (1966, C) Late Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Pueblo
Tazettas – Division 8 (limited quantities, Florida grown)
‘Avalanche’ 8W-Y (1906, H) (F) Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Avalanche&auto=1
‘Early Pearl’ 8W-Y Early Season
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Early%20Pearl
‘Grand Primo Citroniere’ 8W-Y (1780, H) Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Grand%20Primo%20Citroni%C3%A8re&auto=1
‘Omri’ 8W-Y Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Omri
Split Cups – Division 11
‘Cassata’ 11aW-W (1963, C) Early Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Cassata
‘Love Call’ 11aW-OOY Midseason
https://daffseek.org/detail-page/?cultivar=Love%20Call
Bulbocodium – Division 10
Mixed unnamed all-yellow seedlings, courtesy of a generous American hybridizer.
Historic Oakland Cemetery Daffodil Day, 10:00am to 2:00pm, TBA February 2023. Free.
Historic Oakland is celebrating its thousands of daffodils this year with a day filled with beautiful flower and greenery displays, garden experts, and activities for all ages in Oakland Cemetery’s Victorian gardens. Daffodil Day is free and open to the public. Signage throughout the cemetery grounds will share a few of the origin stories behind Oakland’s beautiful and historic bulbs, many brought to the cemetery through the work of Georgia Daffodil Society members. The Foundation gift shop will have daffodil-themed books and other items on sale. Daffodil Days is a free, self-guided event. No tickets or reservations are necessary. Daffodil Day – Oakland Cemetery
American Daffodil Society – National Convention, March 9-12, 2023
Hosted by the Georgia Daffodil Society
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
National Conventions | American Daffodil Society (daffodilusa.org)
Annual Judged Daffodil Show, Suspended for 2023
Saturday, March 2024. Noon to 4:00pm
Newbies welcome to bring flowers to enter; staging from 8:00 to 10:00 am.
Chattahoochee Nature Center
9135 Willeo Road
Roswell, Ga 30075
Free with paid admission to the Nature Center.
Did You Know?
“Daffodil” is the accepted, English term for all species and hybrid flowers of the genus Narcissus.
“Narcissus” is the Latin, botanical (scientific) term for the genus, both species and cultivars.
“Jonquil” is the accepted English term for hybrid flowers derived from the species plant Narcissus jonquilla.
In the deep South, often a Daffodil is a big daffodil flower, a Jonquil is a smaller flower (usually yellow), and a Narcissus is a bunch flower (properly called a tazetta, once called “polyanthus”).
For a discussion of daffodil divisions and flower basics, please visit the American Daffodil Society.
“Historic” daffodils are those hybridized before 1940. The term “heirloom” is not used.
The ADS now has an online daffodil database called “DaffSeek” located at https://www.daffseek.org. It contains 24,000 cultivar entries, many with images, from all over the world and is easy to use!
Please visit our Contact Page for Complete Contact Information.
Canceled for 2022: Annual Potted Bulb and Cut Flower Sale, Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market
Peachtree Road Farmers Market
Cathedral of St. Philip
2744 Peachtree Road (Buckhead)
Atlanta, GA 30305