Daffodils and other spring bulbs die back by midsummer. A classic early flower of spring, uses for daffodils extend well beyond providing cheerful color after the winter months. These pretty spring flowers can enrich your garden, improve pollination, and provide medical and health benefits.

Daffodils, also known by their botanical name narcissus, are easy and reliable spring-flowering bulbs. They multiply quickly and return to bloom again each spring, year after year. They are not fussy about soil, will grow in sun or part shade and are not bothered by deer, rabbits and other pesky critters.

Daffodils are one of the most common bulbs planted in the world. The most common color for these plants is yellow, with the bloom usually having two contrasting shades of yellow.

The flower blooms atop a stem that may be only three inches tall in dwarf varieties or 20 inches in taller plants. Did you know that daffodil is March Birth Flower?

Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus.

We’ll be sharing more about this flower in future.