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Images of Winterthur's Historic Daffodil Collection

Studio images of daffodil cultivars found in each daffodil bed grouped by garden area: Azalea Woods, Cutting Garden, Golf Course, Lower Pavilion Drive, and Sycamore Hill.

Azalea Woods

Because of the proximity to the Golf Course, and March Bank it is sometimes thought that these were some of the earliest planted daffodils along with the Golf Course daffodil plantings. There are 12 historic beds in this area with a few containing the cultivar 'Emperor.' 

Cutting Garden

Opposite the old cutting garden (removed after H.F. died in 1969) and near the old greenhouse operation are 70 beds of daffodils. No records of when these beds were first planted survive, but former staff remember the beds were there by at least the 1960s. This area contains one of the earliest blooming cultivars 'February Gold.'

Golf Course

Alongside the greens of the old golf course, now a natural meadow, 88 beds of daffodils survive. Originally planted in 1955, these beds are full of daffodils dug up and divided from other areas of the estate.

Lower Pavilion Drive

This area is on the right alongside Pavilion Drive. You'll find many Poeticus and short-cupped varieties growing alongside the water's edge.

Pavilion Drive

Alongside the front drive is the daffodil bed area known as Pavilion Drive. 50,000 daffodil bulbs were planted on the brand-new entrance drive in 1961. You will see 80 beds on the left side of the road with a variety of early-to-late-blooming cultivars.

Sycamore Hill

In 1955, 18,000 bulbs were planted on the hill by the huge sycamore tree. Today 44 beds of as many as 50 different cultivars grow here. If you find yourself on a garden tour, you will drive right past the many different small-cupped hybrids blowing in the wind.

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