1. Narcissus ‘Tête Bouclé’ This dwarf, double daffodil grows to 15cm, flowering in early to mid-spring. The flowers are a mass of petals in two shades of yellow. Trials forum comments: Superb.

Orange and yellow flowers bring to mind a flickering flame, giving Double La Torch daffodils their name. Tiny yellow centers, a red border, and white petals give the heirloom variety Poeticus ...

This year, I concentrated on the late-blooming varieties of daffodils, especially those that are double. There are three types: ...

Narcissus ‘Tête Bouclé’ This dwarf, double daffodil grows to 15cm, flowering in early to mid-spring. The flowers are a mass of petals in two shades of yellow. Trials forum comments: Superb.

It grows to between 20-30cm, with the flowers fading to a rich cream and it’s also one of the longest-flowering daffodils – it can bloom for up to five weeks from mid-spring onwards.

3. You can double the number of daffodil bulbs sending up flowers in a given space by planting them in two layers. Plant the bottom layer eight inches deep and cover with potting soil up to the ...

Flowers late April. Picture: Alamy Credit: Alamy 'Tahiti' (1956) A Fifties double, as strong as ever, with lots of yellow petals highlighted by a central ruff of orange.

Bulb nurseries store their daffodil bulbs out of the soil in a cool room. It is during the summer, when the bulbs are apparently dormant, that buds inside the bulbs morph into flower buds.

The double flowering daffodils are a bit trickier to grow. Wild fluctuations of temperatures can lead to bud blast, when the flower buds don't open. I have one that is not going to open, but the ...