Daffodils

Latin name: Narcissus. Common name: Daffodil. Narcissus is the scientific name .

daises bloom for appoximately for 1 week
== Perennial daisies bloom over a period of about 8 weeks in a warm temperate climate and sometimes longer.There are so many types that it is difficult to say. Some can bloom almost all year while others are annuals flowering in spring or summer.

There are many varieties of daffodils and that means there are many different heights. Generally the daffodil is about 12-18inches tall. However, the Hoop Petticoat and Petite Daffodils grow only to 6 inches, and there are miniature varieties of only 2-inches. There are others that can reach 24 inches. It's said that the sandier the soil, the taller the plant. Also plants tend to be taller when a clump hasn't been separated in a great many years.

A herbaceous plant has leaves and stems that die and leave no trace at the end of the growing season. That accurately describes the growth pattern of a daffodil.

Tulips are indigenous to mountainous areas with temperate climates and need a period of cool dormancy, known as vernalization. They thrive in climates with long, cool springs and dry summers. Although perennials, tulip bulbs are often imported to warm-winter areas of the world from cold-winter areas, and are planted in the fall to be treated as annuals.

Tulip bulbs are typically planted around late summer and fall, in well-drained soils, normally from 4 inches (10 cm) to 8 inches (20 cm) deep, depending on the type planted. In parts of the world that do not have long cool springs and dry summers, the bulbs are often planted up to 12 inches (300 mm) deep. This provides some insulation from the heat of summer, and tends to encourage the plants to regenerate one large, floriferous bulb each year, instead of many smaller, non-blooming ones. This can extend the life of a tulip plant in warmer-winter areas by a few years, but it does not stave off degradation in bulb size and the eventual death of the plant due to the lack of vernalization.

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A daffodil has a bulb with fibrous roots.

Short answer: NO thorns.

A thorn is a protective plant tissue modification. Thorny plants create barriers, or have super-showy flowers, and they can protect birds from predators. The daffodil does NOT need this defense mechanism as the daffodil is toxic (poisonous) to most animals, and won't be eaten.

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.

A hyperbole is a figure of speech where exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. In the poem "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth, "A host, of golden daffodils; . . . Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way" -- the use of the number of daffodis compared to the stars of the Milky Way is an exaggeration.

In late May when the leaves are going brown/yellow. Wash the bulbs, let them dry over a period of a week or so, put into something like an onion sack, store in a cool dry place until ready to plant later

The poem, Daffodils, by William Wordsworth, was considered perhaps his best. It was inspired by a walk he took with his sister that passed by a large spread of daffodils. It created a pensive, contemplative mood in him, and this is reflected in the poem.
William Wordsworth - walk in Lake District - memory of same.

Plants do not have a state of consciousness, so they do not have "feelings" in the traditional sense of the word. They do respond to stimuli and produce different hormones in response to these conditions.

In the summer, the daffodil is dormant. The bulb is hidden beneath the soil, not to appear again until late winter. Therefore there are no life stages for a daffodil in the summer.

The daffodil gets its food through photosynthesis. When the plant has leaves, it is making its food through the interaction between chlorophyll in its leaves and sunlight. It uses this food during the flowering process and stores some of the food in the bulb underground. The following year, the bulb will use this food to send new shoots up through the soil to develop a new green plant.

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.

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.

A calyx (the outermost part of the flower) is made up of individual sepals. They protect the flower in bud and support the flower in bloom. The daffodil has 1 calyx made up of 3 sepals which join with the petals to form a tube that is characteristic of the daffodil.

The whole emphasis of the poem is how the daffodil makes this person feel. In the first stanza he sees them and describes how they look. In the second he tells you how he feels about the flowers. In the last stanza he says that just remembering the day brings back the same mood/feeling he had when he first saw them, and it gives him even greater joy. Therefore the entire poem is is wrapped up in the speaker and the daffodils. In other words, there is a unity between man and nature.

There is a unity between man and nature.

All Narcissus (daffodils included) contain an alkaloid poison called lycorine. If ingested it will cause vomiting in humansas well as high blood pressure, headaches, blurred vision, irregular heartbeat and possibly death. Accidental ingestion is due to someone mistaking a daffodil bulb for an onion or shallot.

Another human response is the "daffodil itch" which as a common inflammation of the skin, especially in florist. This is caused by calcium oxalate in the sap, and will produce dryness, fissures, scalines and redening of the hands.

The ASPCA puts out a document which list the different animals and what is toxic to those particular animals. Daffodils are poisonous for all common household pets and livestock.

However, the good news is that there is a chemical called galantamine that daffodils produce. This has been used to combat Alzheimer's disease.

Yes. Daffodils can cause vomiting and diarrhea in cats that eat any part of the plant, be it leaves, pods, or flowers.