Daffodil Family:-

Daffodil Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Habitat Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Loddon Lily

(Summer Snowflake)

Leucojum aestivum

April-May

A bulbous perennial herb, occurring as a native mostly in winter-flooded riverside Alnus or Salix carr, but occasionally found in other damp habitats such as meadows and woodland rides. It also occurs as a garden escape near habitation and on rubbish tips. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers by C. Foord

Foliage by C. Foord

Form by C. Foord

Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalis

February-March

A bulbous perennial herb of moist woodlands and other shaded places. It is especially frequent in parks, large gardens and churchyards, but also occurs on road verges, by watercourses and in damp grassland. Spread is mainly by division of the bulbs, as seed production is poor. 0-370 m (Nenthall, Cumberland).

Flower by C. Foord

Flowers from Oxfordshire. Photo by BritishFlora

Foliage from Borough Green in Kent on 24 February by C. Foord

Form from Oxfordshire. Photo by BritishFlora

Snowflake

(Spring Snowflake)

Leucojum vernum

February-March

A bulbous perennial herb of damp soils, thoroughly naturalised in woodland and scrub, by watercourses and in grassy places. Lowland.

The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner.

Talk about Dyson with death.

Flower from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora

Flowers from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora

Foliage from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora

Form from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora

Tenby Daffodil

Narcissus obvallaris

(Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. obvallaris)

March-April

A bulbous perennial herb of hedgerows, churchyards, roadsides and other grassy places, now usually closely associated with human habitation although formerly more widespread across farmland in South-West Wales. Lowland.

My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that....... 2:30am?!

Luckily for him I was still up playing my Bagpipes.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Wild Daffodil (Lent Rose, Bell Rose, Averill, Lent Lilly, Chalice flower, Trumpet narcissus, Yellow crowbell, Daffy-down-dilly, Lent cock)

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

(Narcissus pseudoncissus subsp. pseudonarcissus)

March-April

A bulbous perennial herb of Fraxinus and Quercus woods, Pteridium stands, scrubby banks and pastures. In woodland it responds favourably to coppicing, but plant vigour decreases after hot, dry summers. Lowland.

Flower from Pyrton. Photo by BritishFlora

Flowers from Pyrton. Photo by BritishFlora

Foliage from Pyrton. Photo by BritishFlora

Form from Pyrton. Photo by BritishFlora

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Paddy Logic

Paddy and his wife are lying in bed and the neighbours' dog is barking like mad in the garden.

Paddy says "To **** with this!"  and storms off. 

He comes back upstairs 5 minutes later and his wife asks "What did you do ?" 

Paddy replies "I've put the dog in our garden.
Let's see how they like it!"