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You know what we love the most about March? The arrival of spring flowers! And two of the earliest are daffodils and jonquils, which burst forth in late winter or early spring with sunny colors that ...
I recently attended the annual Jonquil Jubilee in Gibsland, Louisiana, and helped lead tours viewing beautiful daffodils, narcissus, and jonquils. I love them all but have to admit I’m partial to the ...
More than 50 years ago, when Helen Wright and her late husband Charles were teenage sweethearts courting in Evanston, one of their favorite places to visit in the spring was a hill planted with ...
Buttercups – One of the First Signs of Spring Whatever you choose to call them, these cheerful bulbs bring a burst of color right around the start of March. For me, they’ve always been buttercups—that ...
About this time last month I stepped into a room full of Jonquils. Not the beautiful yellow variety of daffodil, but cheerful, exuberant, walking and talking, upper-case Jonquils, all about my size.
Daffodils, jonquils, narcissus – they all are the same flower with a different moniker. They are actually March’s flower of the month escorting in spring, but I bring the column in February because ...
Sometimes called ‘Stinkers’ as not everyone likes the smell of them, however to others, like Jane, the smell of jonquils reminds them of spring. Jonquils (Narcissus jonquilla cv.) are planted as bulbs ...
Narcissus jonquilla emerge mid-season which for East Texas is generally around mid-to-late February. (Contributed Photo) Narcissus jonquilla are the smallest of the species and known for their ...