March's Birth Flower

© Lorraine A. Cook

March's Birth Flower

Uploaded: April 13, 2012 04:02:02

Description

The daffodil is the birth flower of March.

NOTE: The bulb of the daffodil is poisonous and should not be eaten.

Wishing Everyone a Day filled with Beautiful Flowers!!

Comments

Lorraine A. Cook April 13, 2012

Brief History of the Daffodil...

The garden daffodil's ancestors come from the states around the Mediterranean Sea, such as Spain and Portugal, and the Middle East, such as Turkey. It has been spread about by man every since it was first discovered. The earliest record that I would find mentioned daffodils two or three hundred years BC. The first writing about daffodils was Mohammed somewhere about the 6th century AD.

Between Mohammed and the 16th Centry, daffodils were relegated to the wild and were essentially forgotten. However, around or about 1629 a group of Englishmen took the daffodil out of the weeds and put it into the garden. Daffodils were in favor again. However, early English gardens contained mostly herbs, including roses, vegetables, and flowering bulbs.

During the days of the American experience and the expansion west, daffodils were well established as a "must have" in the garden. Many a variety of daffodil traveled across American in a covered wagon, bringing beauty in the spring to our pioneer forefather's frontier gardens.

By last count there are over 26,000 varieties of daffodils.


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Joy Rector April 13, 2012

beautiful shot #10088475

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 13, 2012

Wonderful capture and info Lorraine! #10088570

John Connolly April 13, 2012

A colorful capture of this beautiful flower Lorraine, and thanks for all the interesting information!
Thank you for you comment on my lake and tree image, I am not any sort of authority on identifying Australian Gum trees, but I would guess this one is a River Red Gum, usually found along the banks of the Murray River, and have been known to live for over 700 years! #10089304

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