Guy Wilson (horticulturalist)

[1] He became interested in gardening, and more specifically in daffodils, at a young age, after being shown a book on the subject written by William Baylor Hartland.

[1] He began selectively breeding his own daffodil varieties in his early twenties, with a particular interest in the white forms often associated with Ireland.

[2] He received his first Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1922, for a variety called "White Dame".

Wilson had a good reputation for his ability to assess a flower's characteristics,[4] and went on to produce a large number of cultivars.

[5] Established on 2 hectares of land around the former Fortview Quarry, and sloping down to the River Bann,[3] it contains over 1000 Narcissus cultivars, along with many specimen trees.