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Daffodils

Daffodils are hardy, spring blooming flowers in the Amaryllis family. They are also known as the Narcissus. Questions about the propagation, planting, maintenance, trouble shooting, harvesting, and enjoyment, as well as their regions, growing conditions, light requirements, and more about Daffodils are asked and answered in this category.

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Who discovered the daffodil?

It is an ancient plant, meaning that the answer to your question is 'not known'

If your boyfriend gives you a bunch of daffodils is there any special symbolism in this choice of flower?

Normally the giver of a flower bouquet just happens to like the way the flowers look, or he knows they are a favorite flower or favorite color of the one who receives the bouquet. There is very little thought as to symbolism.

Here is a list of some of the symbols connected with daffodils:

  • Easter flower - symbol of rebirth (sometimes called "Lent Lily" or "Easter Bell")
  • Spring flower - symbol of new beginnings
  • Trumpet flower - announces the coming spring
  • White flower - friendship or "you are the only one"
  • Yellow flower - joy.
  • Cancer Society: daffodil is a symbol of hope for a cure.
  • Chinese New Year flower - symbol of extra wealth and good fortune
  • Wales: if you spot the first daffodil of the season, your next 12 months will be filled with wealth.
  • China: if a daffodil bulb is forced to bloom during the New Year, it will bring good luck to your home.
  • March birth flower & 10th wedding anniversary flower - ensures happiness.
  • If give just one and not a bunch - a daffodil can foretell misfortune.
  • Western Cultures: daffodil is symbol of vanity.
  • Eastern Cultures: daffodil is symbol of wealth & good fortune.
  • Persia: daffodil is symbol of beautiful eyes.
  • Other meanings: daffodils symbolize faith, honesty, truth, forgiveness and forthrightness.

How many daffodils do they have in Hubbard?

There's information on several "Hubbards", but the one thing that is consistent for all of them is there athere is no available information on how many daffodils are growing wild or in someone's garden.

  1. Are you up around Hubbard Glacier? There are no daffodils on the glacier, of course, but that area of Alaska and Canada, which is Plant Hardiness Zone 3, daffodils do very well and bloom in the late calendar spring.
  2. How about the city of Hubbard, Ohio? That locality is in USDA Hardiness Zone 5 - good for daffodils.
  3. Then there's Hubbard County, Minnesota. They are in Zone 3b and can grow daffodils.

Should daffodils be dead headed?

Beheading a daffodil is called "dead heading". Most people do not want daffodil seeds, since it takes 5-7 for a plant grown from a seed to bloom. Therefore it is best to remove the fading flowers so that all the energy of the plant can go to absorbing and storing energy for next year's flower.

When were daffodils invented?

Daffodils have been around many many centuries. In fact daffodils are older than humans. Daffodils evolved sometime in the Oligocene period or Miocene period.

How do daffodils grow?

Daffodils grow in the spring from a bulb. They do have seeds, but it takes a good five years to get a flower from a daffodil seed, so most people plant the bulbs. They need to be in a well drained area, in sun or partial shade, and the bulb can adapt to most soils. Once the temperature is right, the bulb will send up its one cotyledon and from that leaves will make their way up and out to the light to soak up energy and make food for the bulb and expectant flowers. They last a full month or so, depending on the variety. When the flowers are finished, you leave the leaves in place for about a month. After they have started turning yellow, all of the food that they can make has been sent to the bulb. They they disappear until the next spring. Each year the bulb will multipy to produce new plants. They are very simple plants to have and they need very little tending.
Daffodils grow in the spring from a bulb. They do have seeds, but it takes a good five years to get a flower from a daffodil seed, so most people plant the bulbs. They need to be in a well drained area, in sun or partial shade, and the bulb can adapt to most soils. Once the temperature is right, the bulb will send up its one cotyledon and from that leaves will make their way up and out to the light to soak up energy and make food for the bulb and expectant flowers. They last a full month or so, depending on the variety. When the flowers are finished, you leave the leaves in place for about a month. After they have started turning yellow, all of the food that they can make has been sent to the bulb. They they disappear until the next spring. Each year the bulb will multipy to produce new plants. They are very simple plants to have and they need very little tending.

Why do welsh people wear daffodils on the first of march?

According to legend, St. David (the patron saint of Wales) was getting ready for a battle that took place in a leek field. He told his Britons to wear a leek in their caps to reduce casualties from "friendly fire", since their enemy, the Saxons, looked like their brothers. This produced a defining victory for the Britons. Today, on March 1st, Welsh people wear the leeks in remembrance. Some will wear the daffodil, since the common word for leek and daffodil is the same. Daffodil has become the National Flower of Wales.

What are daffodil stems like?

The stem of the daffodil, upon which rests the flower, is thin, upright and green. It does not branch, except in some daffodil varieties there will be multiple flowers with branching only at the tip. The stem stores surplus food for growth and development. How "tall" the daffodil is depends solely on the length of the stem.

How long should you leave the leaves on daffodils?

After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.

What is the difference between daffodils and jonquils?

There is a specific daffodil named Narcissus jonquillawith clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers. BUT in some localities all yellow daffodils are referred to as jonquils. The specific jonquil is native to Spain and Portugal, flowers in March and April and has a 16inch stem. The first use of the word jonquil is recorded as 1629 by the Spanish.
There is a specific daffodil named Narcissus jonquilla with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers. BUT in some localities all yellow daffodils are referred to as jonquils. The specific jonquil is native to Spain and Portugal, flowers in March and April and has a 16inch stem. The first use of the word jonquil is recorded as 1629 by the Spanish.

What does a daffodil have?

a daffodil is a tall flower with petals surrounding a central Trumpet or corolla. It is usually yellow but also comes in white.

Why does a daffodil change color?

A daffodil does not change color during its lifetime. There have been color changes in the genus because of breeders/hybridizers picking certain parent blooms looking for their perfect flower, but the plant's flower cannot change its color from one day to the next.

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Why do daffodil have petals?

Daffodils have petals to protect and attract pollinators to the reproductive parts of the plant. The bright colors bring the pollinators directly to the workplace - it like lights on an airport runway.

Do daffodils grow well in Miracle Grow?

Yes, daffodils can grow very well in Miracle Grow. The Daffodils that are grown in Miracle Grow are much larger than others.

What country did daffodils originally come from?

Daffodils are natives of southern Spain and Portugal, North Africa and West Asia. They could be found in meadows and woods. Today most of the daffodils are developed, produced and exported from Holland, and the United Kingdom is the leader in using and exporting cut daffodil flowers.

Where were the daffodils and how many flowers were there?

In reality, William Wordsworth did actually see the daffodils that he wrote the poem about when he was on a walk around Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater in the Lake District of England in 1802. The poem was published in 1807 and revised in 1815. The poem gives the location as "A host of dancing Daffodils; Along the Lake, beneath the trees," and the next line states: "Ten thousand dancing in the breeze."

What are tulips hyacinths and daffodils?

Tulips, hyacinths and daffodils are spring bulb plants. You plant them in the fall for spring bloom.

Do ladybirds eat daffodil flowers?

Ladybirds do not eat dandelions, they do not eat flowers. Ladybirds eat a teeny weeny bug called aphids that lives on the flowers. This bug is very bad for our garden, so that's why we have Ladybirds to eat them up.

Of which country is the daffodil an emblem?

The daffodil is the national flower of Wales.

The national flower of Wales is the daffodil, which is traditionally worn on St. David's Day. The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales.

Your Bouganvilla got to cold leaves brown how do you cut back?

it is such a hardy plant it really makes little differens, simply cut away any part which doesnt look nice anymore and make sure you do it in nice weather and give the plant some water afterwards.

When does a Daffodil bloom?

Short answer: the daffodil blooms in the spring.

Things that can affect bloom time:

  • Daffodils cultivars can be early, mid or late season bloomers.
  • Also the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone has to be considered.
  • Another variable is the soil temp. Has it been a normal, long or short winter?
  • Type of soil can also affect bloom time.
  • Transplanting or late plantings can cause the blooms to be "late".

Do you water daffodils?

If it is a particularly dry spring, the daffodils might appreciate supplemental watering. Generally because of their growing season, there is no need for additional water.

Is a daffodil a vertebrate?

No - vertebrates are animals with a vertebral column. A daffodil is not an animal, much less one with a vertebral column..