DRYAD NURSERY
MINIATURE DAFFODILS AND SNOWDROPS
Last updated - 18.50 1 MAY 2026
Dryad Nursery is a small mail-order-only nursery run by me, Anne Wright, based in Tockwith, North Yorkshire.
I have been growing and breeding miniature narcissi, snowdrops, and hepaticas for over 30 years, and am proud to have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's highest honour for breeding work - the Reginald Cory Cup, in 2023. Many of our Dryad cultivars have also been given awards by the RHS. I am a member of the RHS Bulb Expert Group (formerly the Bulb Committee).
Everything is on a small scale though – it has to fit into my back-garden! The nursery staff consists of just myself, so things can get rather hectic, especially around June to August, when I put out my mail order list. The best times of year are October, when I finally finish repotting and can get stuck in to a massive weeding job in the rest of the garden, and then early spring, when the daffs are flowering, new seedlings appearing, and I get to meet up with friends and colleagues at the shows.
DRYAD NEWS
JUST IN!
I have just heard that I have been awarded the American Daffodil Society's Gold Medal for 2026.
This may be awarded annually 'to an individual whose creative work significantly advances the understanding and development of daffodils'. I feel very honoured to have been nominated and awarded this prestigious medal. Thank you to all my American friends and colleagues.
You can read the citation here: ADS GOLD MEDAL AWARD
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You may remember that I passed on our anemone collection to a new nursery near me, Cliff Bank Nursery. You can see it on their website here:
https://cliffbanknursery.co.uk/plant-list/
OUR SPECIALITIES
DRYAD SNOWDROPS
Including our famous Dryad Golds, our Myths and Legends range of inverse poculiforms (ipocs), and our new ranges of poculiforms and greens
DRYAD DAFFODILS
Including our own award-winning miniatures and also featuring those bred by famous Irish breeder Brian Duncan
