Golden drifts in the garden
Resilient and versatile, daffodils bring welcome gold and white colour to the spring garden
adrift of radiant yellow daffodils spreads across a lawn, their massed ranks a bright reminder that spring is on its way. At a time when most leaves and buds are still tightly furled, these golden-headed beauties are a warmly anticipated sight. Distinctive, beautiful and often fragrant, daffodils have a long flowering season. Different varieties bloom from late winter until well into April. Most are extremely resilient, surviving frost or flood to hold their heads high, whatever the weather. There are countless forms, colourings and sizes of these versatile plants. They can be naturalised in grass or under trees, used to edge streams and paths or bring colour to beds and borders. Small varieties are equally at home in rockeries, alpine troughs or containers. With daffodils to suit almost every garden situation, more are planted than any other flowering bulb.