Guess that daffodil
It turns out that
planting the
daffodils Mom so kindly sent me was like bringing coals to
Newcastle. They did bloom a little earlier due
to the two weeks they spent inside, but lots of pre-existing bulbs
poked up their heads along the road soon thereafter.
Time to guess the
previous owner's taste in spring flowers! I'm guessing these are the
more ruffly, complex daffodils from the size of the head. But only time
will tell.....
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I'm assuming Jim was attempting to be facetious when he claimed the Latin name was "Yellowus Daffidilus". In fact, after looking at Wikipedia, it says "Narcissus /nɑːrˈsɪsəs/ is a genus of predominantly spring perennial plants in the Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis) family. Various common names including daffodil,[notes 1] daffadowndilly,[3] narcissus, and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. Narcissus has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting colored tepals and corona."
More than likely, the flowers the previous owner planted (or may not have planted but was "planted" there by squirrels and other critters) was the common daffodil. Do the flowers have a scent? If so, they might be heirloom plants. The modern hybrid ones seem to have lost their scent.