Daffodils are one of the earliest blooming flowers in the garden, appearing in late winter and early spring. The botanical name for daffodils is Narcissus, after the mythological character who fell in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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