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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adding daffodils to a floral bouquet is often considered a big no-no as they can kills your other flowers - but florists have revealed a nifty trick that means you can include daffodils in your spring ...

Our first daffodil bloomed March 3, and I was nearly tempted to pick the single flower and give it to my wife. But then I remembered: superstition has it that bringing a single daffodil flower indoors ...

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 ...

You know spring has arrived when your garden is overflowing with sunny daffodils, but the only downside to these beautiful flowers is they have a short life span. Daffodils typically begin to bloom in ...

Rats can cause serious damage to property and will happily eat the produce growing in your garden. However, they tend to avoid a particular flower: daffodils (Narcissus), which makes these ...

Spring is in full swing and daffodils are bringing a burst of yellow cheer to gardens across the UK. But what happens when these sunshine blooms fade? We talked to two of the UK’s top gardening minds ...