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Jug of daffodils, where's yours?

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keepcalmandcavachon Mon 15-Jan-24 11:21:48

Mine are on the dining table, with the sun gleaming through them. Is there anything more cheerful?

Juicylucy Wed 17-Jan-24 11:42:48

Mine are sitting proud on dining room table . My favourite flowers buy them every week until there over. 🌼

leeds22 Wed 17-Jan-24 11:37:03

I've still got the Christmas poinsettia in the window.

Nannyjasper Wed 17-Jan-24 11:36:24

I adore daffodils and my husband knows not to buy me anything else, so I tend to get a lot of flowers around this time of year leading up to my birthday which is on the 1st of March. That is also St David's day and the daffodil is the national flower of Wales. I have told him l only want daffodils on my coffin too!!

crazyH Wed 17-Jan-24 11:33:07

I’m also out of step . I have a vase of beautiful carnations. Sorry

Witzend Wed 17-Jan-24 11:29:39

knspol

I'm obviously out of step, I have a vase full of tulips at the moment.

Me too. A ‘rainbow’ bunch, picked up yesterday in Sainsbury’s for a fiver. And British grown, always a plus for me.

Spuddy Wed 17-Jan-24 11:26:37

I love daffi's but unfortunately they're poisonous to cats and we don't want our little furry babe being hurt so I have a plastic vase of fake ones made from foam and plastic straws!

knspol Wed 17-Jan-24 11:24:41

I'm obviously out of step, I have a vase full of tulips at the moment.

dustyangel Wed 17-Jan-24 11:24:17

Daffodils remind me of my Mum, she always loved the £1 bunches.
Last time DD1 visited in the spring she carefully nursed a bunch all through the airport queues and flight and got them safely here.

Nannyjasper Wed 17-Jan-24 11:19:09

I adore daffodils and my husband knows not to buy me anything else, so I tend to get a lot of flowers around this time, leading up to my birthday which is the 1st of March. That's St David's day and the daffodil is the national Welsh flower. I told him when I pass away, it will need to be this time of year as I don't want any other flowers on my coffin!!

cornergran Mon 15-Jan-24 23:23:30

I’ve a bunch on a coffee table in front of patio doors. A sort of cheerful link to the outside. The garden varieties are just pushing through very cold earth.

I’ve not always welcomed them inside. A vase full was by my Mums bed as she passed away. I had sat all night holding her hand next to the daffodils noticing their scent. Couldn’t cope with daffodils indoors for about ten years. That was 30 years ago so I’ve been enjoying them for a good few years again and have no qualms about daffodils in a vase now, they cheer me.

Siope Mon 15-Jan-24 22:32:38

keepcalmandcavachon

They're so lovely, never met anyone who didn't like them and you can't say that about too many things!

I feel bad about it, but I don’t like them. They smell (to me) like pee.

NotTooOld Mon 15-Jan-24 22:03:21

Not noticed any in the shops round here yet (West Midlands) although Lidl had tulips in yesterday. I always buy daffs when they do appear. So lovely and sunny, a reminder that Spring is not too far away although with today being so bloomin' cold it certainly feels like it.

keepcalmandcavachon Mon 15-Jan-24 20:06:19

Lovely daffy photos everyone. CanadianGran such a shame to miss out if they are so pricey - at school we used to make tissue paper ones, you'll have to get your scissors and glue out!

Palmtree Mon 15-Jan-24 19:41:43

Mine are on the windowsill at the front of my house so I can see the bright colour coming home as I drive in to the drive. I am on my second bunch from Sainsburys (£1) already and love to see them in the shops so early. I have planted a load of daffodil bulbs in my garden too but they still have a lot of growing to do....can't wait to see them in the Spring 🙂

grandMattie Mon 15-Jan-24 19:24:05

I got mine on Saturday at the greengrocers.

Georgesgran Mon 15-Jan-24 19:21:12

Should have said 10 stalks.

Georgesgran Mon 15-Jan-24 19:20:25

£1 a bunch at the moment *CanadianGran’ in M&S. A couple of pence cheaper in Aldi, but fewer blooms.

Gingster Mon 15-Jan-24 19:14:43

Mine aren’t out yet but they are ready and waiting on the kitchen windowsill. I bought my neighbour a couple of bunches too, just a token for her loveliness .

CanadianGran Mon 15-Jan-24 18:59:01

I haven't seen any yet in the shops. They would have to be greenhouse grown here, or imported from further south.

May I ask what you pay for a bunch of 5? I love daffs, but last year I noticed they were very expensive, around $7 or 4GBP

netflixfan Mon 15-Jan-24 18:54:57

Daffodils feel wrong in January, I wait until March 1st.

Primrose53 Mon 15-Jan-24 18:44:50

I haven’t seen a single daffodil out here in Norfolk.

winterwhite Mon 15-Jan-24 18:35:05

None inside yet here. That would be to leapfrog over the snowdrops, which in fact I prefer. Mine aren't out yet (snowdrops that is)

Georgesgran Mon 15-Jan-24 18:05:20

I loathe yellow - however, I make daffodils an exception as they herald the coming of Spring, new life, new plans and the promise of lighter nights.
I’ve some on my family room windowsill, a bunch on the kitchen window ledge, another bunch on the radiator cover (rad isn’t on) and half a dozen, cut very short, on my desk.

Sara1954 Mon 15-Jan-24 18:00:25

One bunch on the coffee table in a blue vase so that I can see them when I’m sat on the sofa, and another bunch in the dining room on the dresser.
I bought my first bunch this year on Christmas Eve in M & S and will keep buying a couple of bunches a week for as long as they go on.

Oldbat1 Mon 15-Jan-24 17:55:12

At £1 a bunch they bring cheerfulness to my hall.