From Cream to White

Another one of my fathers daffodils. This lovely white trumpet daffodil turns pure white when it has been out for a few days.

This is a article written by David Adams from the Daffodil Circle when my father passed away many many years ago now.

Today has been a miserable dull day with the odd shower in the afternoon. We could do with a good shower of rain as the garden it so dry.

It may be surprising to learn that daffodils were historically associated with bad luck, especially for poultry.

It was said that if a single flower was picked and brought indoors, then only one chick would hatch from a clutch of eggs, and if the flowers really did have to be picked and brought indoors, then they should be at least 13 in number to break the spell.

And in the US state of Maine, there was a superstition that to point at a daffodil in bud will stop it flowering, and if the first flower that opened hung towards the observer, then it presaged nothing but misfortune for the remainder of the year.

Perhaps this association with bad luck comes from Greek mythology.

The goddess Persephone, clad in white daffodils, was abducted by Hades, god of the Underworld, whose touch turned all the flowers bright yellow.

It was said that they grew on the banks of one of the rivers flowing through the Underworld, lifting the spirits of the dead.

They called the flowers 'asphodel', which later became daffodil, and ever since they have been planted on graves.
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