There are a number of different daffodil species and varieties dotted around the garden. This is the Wild Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) which has just come into flower, rather soon but spring seems to have sprung. I say wild but it was planted by me from cultivated stock purchased from a grower who specializes in native bulbs.
 I'd like more of them but of the 50 I planted some years ago only a few have lasted. The Wild Daffodil is rather picky about where it grows. Indeed in the wild it's distribution is widespread but erratic. It's prolific in some locales (the Lake District for example) but absent from others where in theory it would flourish.
 NB There is a remarkable colony only a few miles from here in the grounds of Lesnes Abbey Wood which I wrote several entries about in March of last year.

 So for masses of flowers Narcissus February Gold is a good doer, as noted last week. It's a simple, sturdy daff- easy to establish, very hardy, blooms early and flowers freely. A cheerful splash of yellow which is welcome at this time of year. And the insects that are already on the wing home in on it...