Perennial daffodils in our garden are living proof that the wheel has turned and we are heading for another summer. Of course, winter may yet exhale its dying breaths because that is what March and early April frequently permit.
This is not the first time that I have blogged about daffodils. Back in March 2017, I even posted a self-penned poem called "Daffodils". That was eight years ago.
It is likely that daffodil bulbs were first brought to The British Isles by Romans almost two thousand years ago. Furthermore, it is believed that all daffodil species had their origins in a few wild varieties that grew in the woods of the Iberian peninsula (Spain & Portugal) and northern Morocco.
It is hard to imagine these British islands off the edge of Europe without daffodils. They are gaudy, vigorous flowers that trumpet defiantly to the world. There's no subtle delicacy about them. They shout out, "We are yellow and we are strong!"
The images of this year's crop were snapped on Wednesday afternoon. They flourish in the shelter of a privet hedge - one of the sunniest spots in our garden. By July they will be retreating to the earth from whence they came but I have no doubt whatsoever that they will be back again next year.
It seems to be a good year for daffs. Ours have put on their best show yet.
ReplyDeleteYes. Thanks to Mother Nature.
DeleteI love daffodils. They are so bright and cheerful and lift spirits after the gloom of winter.
ReplyDeleteI agree and I think that most people think that.
DeleteSuch a cheerful sight after a long winter. I've not seen any large ones like that here yet but today I did actually see some tiny "mini" ones.
ReplyDeleteAren't they called narcissi? I think so.
DeleteNo doubt you know best what you'd call them in England. In Sweden we tend to call all the yellow ones (with a "trumpet" in the middle) "påsklilja" (=Easter lily), whether big or small. Photo up on my blog now of the ones I saw yesterday, so you can judge for yourself! :)
DeleteBeautiful! I love daffodils and didn't know where they had their origins.
ReplyDeleteMany people here in Great Britain think they are native flowers but they are not.
DeleteA beautiful bed of daffodils! I didn't know they originated in Spain and Portugal and were brought to England by the Romans, so thanks for that info!
ReplyDeleteAncient people moved many plants around. For example, onions originated from Turkey I believe.
DeleteSmashing Daffs photos YP. Don't have a narcissus complex over the compliment😀👍.
ReplyDeleteI'm not frigging Donald Trump tha knows!
DeleteYours are well ahead of ours: we're higher and a little further north.
ReplyDeleteI used to find that coming home to Yorkshire from university in Scotland - spring bulbs would not have burst forth in Stirling or Edinburgh but as I went south, I noticed how they were increasingly advanced.
DeleteOur daffodils are blooming now, too, and today feels very Spring-like. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhy not go skipping through the daffodils with Carlos?
Deletethey take a lot longer to come out here in Outlane...... there's buds but nowt has opened yet..... i'll keep thee posted!! Yours look like a good display though, much better than our half arsed random planting.
ReplyDeleteLiving in Outlane must be a bit like living bear the summit of Ben Nevis.
DeleteThe closeup photos are gorgeous. No daffodils here yet, so I'll enjoy yours for now.
ReplyDeleteIf no daffodils are out in Nova Scotia it kind of proves that your winters are longer than ours.
DeletePlants have some great adaptations to thrive during inclement weather.
ReplyDeleteI wish they could teach us.
DeleteA most daffy post.
ReplyDeleteHello Daffy Duck!
DeleteI do love a bed of cheery yellow daffodils!
ReplyDeleteI prefer a regular mattress.
DeleteAs autumn nears and the time to plant daffodils arrives I always give thought to planting a dozen or so to naturalise along the sunny edge of my patch, but I never do, because I know the cockatoos will nip off any buds and flowers and then destroy the leaves too. I guess it's their way of saving me money, not that bulbs are expensive, I could easily afford a dozen. Your daffs are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOur garden birds stay well clear of the daffodils. I think they are poisonous.
DeleteMaybe I'll try a couple and find out.
DeleteThe first flower as children that we clumsily drew on home made Easter cards. The buds, I think they come from the much warmer South, such as the Cornish coast line, that we buy for 99p.
ReplyDelete99p seems ridiculous. Why can't people wait for local or garden blooms?
DeleteHow cheerful they look.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that they originated in Spain and Portugal. I haven't seen any growing wild or in gardens here, but possibly they are grown further north which has a cooler climate.
I think I am mixed up or forgetful but where are you in Spain Carol? I thought you were in the north west.
DeleteNo, I'm on the northern Costa Blanca roughly midway between Alicante and Valencia.
DeleteThey are one of nature's brief wonders. Our farm house was fronted by a two metre high privet hedge, with about five metres of land to reach the roadway from the hedge. Daffodils were planted there and there were hundreds of them when we moved there, but each there were less and less and then they failed. Maybe the lawn mower went over them too early or they just don't last forever.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the climate was not quite right for them Andrew.
DeleteCrocuses are blooming here, daffodils are starting to send of bud stems.
ReplyDeleteYellow being my favourite colour, of course I love daffies. In German, they are called Osterglocken, meaning Easter bells. Not hard to see how they got that name. Yours are beautiful, and a bit ahead of what I have spotted in my area at the start of this week.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils are a wonderful, cheerful, hopeful sight. I like their scent, too - very 'green.'
ReplyDeleteOurs aren't blooming yet - just green spikes growing taller. Daffodils are a lovely flower and they always make me smile.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I took a walk through a nearby MetroPark. At one end of the park, the daffodils were getting their buds. At the other end they were in full bloom. There's just something magical about the way spring flowers pop up after a long, cold winter.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful daffodils. I don't have any but I think I'll plant some this fall.
ReplyDeleteI thought I had left a comment. Maybe not. Anyway, daffodils are such cheerful flowers and I like their fresh green scent, too.
ReplyDeleteBodnant garden has some beautiful “fields” of daffy that go on forever
ReplyDeleteThe best thing about daffodils is that it's so hard to kill 'em. They just keep coming.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right- there is no subtlety about them, nor should there be.
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