This has a lot to do with the patronage of David Lloyd George, who, around 1911 as Prime Minister started the tradition of wearing a daffodil on St Davids Day. He also used the daffodil in the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon.
Daffodils is 'Cennin Pedr" in Welsh. However, when translated it actual means "Peters Leek"
The daffodil certainly became more popular during the 19th C and particularly during the 20th C when the Prime Minister of the time, Lloyd George, wore a daffodil on St Davids Day for the investiture of the then Prince of Wales. The daffodil is called St. Peter's Leek in Welsh and the leek is another symbol of Wales.
The national flower of Wales is the DAFFODIL; but the vegetable named LEEK is the semi-official flower with older tradtitions in Welsh culture.There are many different symbols which represent Wales, primarily including the daffodil and leek which are symbolically worn on St. Davids day,March 1st. Other symbols include the Prince of Wales' three feathers and the 'ddraig coch' which is the dragon on the Welsh flag :)Daffodil
The Welsh Dragon, Leek and Daffodil are all symbols of Wales.
Welsh emblem is a dragon. The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, where it is traditional to wear a daffodil or a leek on Saint David's Day (March 1).
The national plant is the leek and national flower is the daffodil which both are very important to the Welsh on the first of March which is St David's day or in Welsh Dydd gwyl ddewi.The Welsh word for daffodil is 'cenhinen Bedr' and the word for leek is 'cenhinen'.
Traditionally at the Battle of Heathfield [633] a Welsh army picked leeks from a field and wore them as a badge to distinguish themselves from their Saxon adversaries. The ordinary word for Leek and the ordinary word for Daffodil are the same in Welsh. So perhaps it was Daffodils - which look prettier.
The Welsh Dragon, Leek and Daffodil are all symbols of Wales.
The daffodil
leek The Welsh have two national emblems, not counting the blood-red dragon - the leek and the daffodil. The daffodil is a relatively new addendum but the leek has been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years
Whilst the Daffodil is the national flower the Leek (vegetable ) is the recorded emblem. The leek was worn by the Welsh Archers on the orders of St David who advised the Welsh, on the eve of battle with the Saxons, to wear leeks in their caps to distinguish friend from foe. As Shakespeare records in Henry V, the Welsh archers wore leeks at the battle of Agincourt in 1415. The Daffodil is later addopted because In Welsh, the daffodil is known as "Peter's Leek", cenhinen Bedr.
There are two; the daffodil flower and the leek vegetable.