Named
after the golden haired youth, who was changed by the gods
into a flower, after he had gazed so longingly at his own
image in the waters of a stream, in the belief that it was
his long lost sister. Also linked with narcotics.
Traditionally blooms on the 1st March, St
David's day but was not adopted by the Welsh as their
national flower until 1911 when Edward, was invested as
Prince of Wales.
Prince Charles as the Duke of Cornwall is
paid one daffodil annually as rent for the untenanted
Islands of Scilly, paid by the local Environment Trust.
In 1992 during the British Election
Campaign, Margaret Thatcher was attacked with a bunch of
daffodils. Her aggressor accosted her with the pretext
that the flowers were a gift.
