Daffodils are also commonly confused with jonquils, another member of the Narcissus genus. The main difference between these two flowers is their appearance. Daffodils typically produce one flower per ...
As the RHS launches Daffodil Diaries, a campaign asking people to help it map the UK’s daffodils and locate three rare or historically significant varieties, it’s worth considering growing some ...
You know winter is nearly over when daffodils begin to emerge in your garden. These popular spring bulbs are most well-known for their yellow flowers but, depending on the variety, they also bloom in ...
Rare British daffodils may be hiding in plain sight in gardens and parks and experts want to track them down. They have drawn up a wanted list of long-lost varieties linked to local places, such as ...
If you’re a daffodil lover, you may have wondered about the flower’s famous trumpeting, cupped receptacle. It’s called a corona — and botanists are confounded, too, as to its function. However, the ...
You know what we love the most about March? The arrival of spring flowers! And two of the earliest are daffodils and jonquils, which burst forth in late winter or early spring with sunny colors that ...
Daffodil hunt launched by Royal Horticultural Society as flower lovers urged to look out for rare varieties Royal Horticultural Society scientist James Kirkham Ramsbottom was honoured in 1925 for ...
I’ve been to a fair few flower shows in my time, but only one bloom has bewitched me sufficiently to force me to cross the line from observer to participant. A rose? An orchid? A lily, perhaps? No, my ...
This has been a very strange winter. Normally I am pushed to find enough daffodils in flower to pick a bunch to acknowledge St David’s Day on 1 March, but the first – a fragrant variety with small ...