Spring has come so early this year with daffodils, iris stylosas, species crocuses and snowdrops all in flower in our front garden.

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Many daffodil growers have a strong bond to this variety as it wins many medals due to its fine symmetry and beautiful colour.

Whether you call them Narcissus, Daffodils, or Jonquils, these cheerful flowers are among the earliest blooms to poke through the frozen soil in early spring. Heralding the warming to come, these flowers remind us that no winter freeze can last forever.

The flower name is tied to the myth of the young man known as Narcissus. He was the son of a river god and a nymph, and he fell in love with his reflection due to his immense beauty. The first Narcissus flowers sprung up around the pool where he drowned due to his obsession with himself.

The Narcissus means rebirth and renewal because it’s one of the earliest bulbs to sprout.

www.flowermeaning.com/narcissus-flower-meaning/

This patch in Tayport has had flowers showing since February this year.

In my mum's garden.

My Back Yard. Spring Is Near.

These were out in March last year - hence why my camera has spent 2 months in it's bag!

This evening near Abernyte in Perthshire.

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Overland Park, Kansas

In my backyard. I can't believe how much is blooming here.

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. The species are native to meadows and woods in southern Europe and North Africa with a centre of diversity in the Western Mediterranean, particularly the Iberian peninsula. They are predominantly spring perennial plants. They have conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow or orange or pink, with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona. 11203

Early frosty misty morning sunrise, daffodil with sunrise at the back Nikon D7000 used with a Nikkor 18-200mm lens

this is the best I could capture from my wheelchair one handed and the wind and rain was blowing but Happy Easter to you all xx

Daffodil, Shelburne, Ontario, Canada

Vibrant Daffodil

It is wonderful to see these bright yellow blooms in my yard signaling the end of winter

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Wild Daffodil.

Lying on my belly, handheld + using the angle finder.

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I cut these yesterday and brought them in the house because the weatherman said rain tomorrow and I knew they would droop more than ever... It's true the ones out in the yard are either drooping badly or laying on the ground...

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Daffodils are popping up everywhere, despite predicted snow tomorrow

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spring has arrived at last

Limpsfield church Surrey..(are they early)

If for no other reason than a cheerful image seemed appropriate at the moment.

From my garden

Daffodil @ Urasa

Good morning!

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spring has arrived at last

The daffodil across the street has finally bloomed. Last year it bloomed in early February.

Daffodils. Of many varieties.

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On March 31, 2016 I visited the botanical garden of Kyoto. Memories of a beautiful spring.

"I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze... Daffodils by William Wordworth.

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