Have they gone completely daffy? No more daffodils

volver

It's like moths round a flame.... ?

I can think of other phrases......involving flies......

Callistemon21

I must say the daffodils have been glorious this year and some of mine are still in flower a month on.

It's a shame that they don't last as long when they are picked and in a vase, from bud to withered in a few days.

and don't they smell horrid when they wither? I prefer to buy pots of dwarf narcissus for the house instead, they last so much longer and can go outside for next year when finished!

My DD used to call Daffodils Prance a Dills and they were in the garden with the paterkillers and woodmouses her words not mine. She also liked a laster plaster when she fell and scuffed her knees.

It's like moths round a flame.... ?

GillT57

JenniferEccles

The classroom door cutting in Scotland was an absolute classic!
In fact maybe it should go under the Classics heading on here so we can re-read and enjoy anytime we need a good chuckle!

I will look out for another ‘you couldn’t make it up’ gem. There are bound to be some aren’t there?!

we are not discussing toilet doors on this thread, stop stirring.

Go on Jennifer make a board. We could all do with a laugh.

I must say the daffodils have been glorious this year and some of mine are still in flower a month on.

It's a shame that they don't last as long when they are picked and in a vase, from bud to withered in a few days.

JenniferEccles

The classroom door cutting in Scotland was an absolute classic!
In fact maybe it should go under the Classics heading on here so we can re-read and enjoy anytime we need a good chuckle!

I will look out for another ‘you couldn’t make it up’ gem. There are bound to be some aren’t there?!

we are not discussing toilet doors on this thread, stop stirring.

Niucla97

Daffodils aren't the only dangerous thing that grows. Instead of parents teaching their children of the dangers of some plants the majority of people are to be deprived of the beauty of the golden daffodils?

Don't worry, you won't go short of daffodils in Cornwall! Not only is it a major crop but they've seeded themselves all over the place!

Our neighbour looked after children with special needs who used to lean over the wall near the oleander bush to chat and I couldn't take the risk.

Councils in the South of France plant Oleander in every available space along roadsides, central reservations etc. I had a few shrubs in the garden and would cut the white ones to make a beautiful display in the house. No visitors died!

Skydancer

I've had children and GC and don't ever recall them eating any flowers.

One of mine did eat a slug. Technically half a slug, as she proudly showed me the other half.

She was being closely supervised at the time, of course.

Naughty nanna8!!

I did have one but got rid of it when I realised how toxic they are

They should plant some lovely oleanders instead.

I've had children and GC and don't ever recall them eating any flowers.

GreenGran , that’s hilarious, though less funny that you both felt ill afterwards. It’s a wonder Mr GG didn’t notice the lack of strong onion smell as he chopped the bulbs!

Zoejury. I once bought a couple of hyacinth bulbs, and left the bag in the kitchen, meaning to plant them later.
My DH mistook them for onions,(even though they look nothing like them) and added them to the casserole he was making. I thought that it tasted a bit odd, and we both had upset tummies afterwards. Luckily nothing worse.

Well, a lot of people would get employment in Cumbria cutting them all down. In 2007 one council actually bought and planted plastic daffs near Grasmere because the real ones had already died at Easter.
I wonder what Wordsworth would have to say to this?
If we all look carefully in our gardens we will have poisonous plants I am at the moment trying to grow a wildlife garden to hide a drystone wall and already warned the GC there will be Foxgloves.
When my children were little we lived in a village full of laburnum you just had to constantly warn them not to touch and when little supervise.

Mind you, I've been picking DGS up from nursery this week and today spotted a few bunches of daffodils on the teacher's desk. Obviously end of term gifts from the kids who hopefully didn't nibble any while her back was turned.

volver

What do you call it when a report gets published that isn't true, then everybody believes it, then everybody gets really angry about it, then starts calling other people names?

Oh yes. I remember.

I call it the Les Dawson syndrome. Tutting with a neighbour over the garden fence..

Though the name calling is a novel introduction...

(I confess I haven't actually re-read the thread)

Surrounded by examples of daffodil poisonings, someone says "Daffodil poisoning? Never heard of it"

Zoejory

Watch out in your Chinese takeaway now then!

Daffodil poisonings in Britain are not unheard of. In 2012, Bristol's Chinese community was urged not to eat daffodils after 10 people had to be treated in hospital.
It was thought they may have mistaken the green parts of the flower for a chive used in Chinese cooking.

So much for all the the wild flowering meadows we are encouraged to plant. Do hope all the planting is being checked out before children are allowed to run and play alongside dangerous plants. Daffodil poisoning- never heard of it. I'm off to put netting round the daffodils,grape hyacinths, primroses tulips
In fact would be quicker to erect an electric fence in case GD eats a plant. Suppose stores won't be selling daffodils now in case they are sued or at least have a danger to health warning on them.

I had a job where I saw a great many death certificates from England and Wales. I have seen a death by daffodil poisoning. An elderly man had confused daff bulbs for onions. Killed him.

I adore daffodils and love to see them. I can't see that the council cut them down. Surely they'd have taken them away. Also it's pointless just cutting the flowers back because the bulbs will burst into bloom next spring.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31176748

Has there ever been a case of poisoning by daffodil? No foxgloves, Forsythia, Lupins …

Daffodils aren't the only dangerous thing that grows. Instead of parents teaching their children of the dangers of some plants the majority of people are to be deprived of the beauty of the golden daffodils?