My experience in zone 6-7 is that daffodils in pots might freeze over a hard winter. I plant them in pots and then plant the pot in the ground (where I normally plant annuals. Seems to do the trick. When danger of freezing is past I dig up and clean up the pots.

Does it ever freeze where you live? How often? Daffodils seem to stand extremes of temp pretty well.

I'd experiment with cheap varieties before getting something pricey.

Reason being I found out after several years of head scratching that it doesn't get cold enough in SC for tulips. Here, they are annuals.