Therefore, she is trapped in her own memories, illusions and, above all, emotions, personified by
jonquils she occasionally mentions throughout the play.
Another group of dainty daffodils are those descended from the
jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla.
In China the daffodil is seen as a symbol of wealth and good fortune and the bulbs of
jonquils and paper whites are carved and cultivated into shapes like peacocks and crabs.
If I were asked to recommend an appropriate Valentine's gift, I'd suggest
jonquils, and chocolate chip cookies, and maybe a bottle of wine.
"Any type of narcissus bulb, which includes
jonquils, paperwhites and daffodils, will be a deterrent to gophers, rabbits and deer in your garden and property," she writes on her VintageGardenGal blog.
Jumpin'
jonquils! We have totally flunked the flower test.
My aunt's favourite flowers of daffodils and
jonquils in painted glasses on the table in the morning.
From a concrete gazebo, Abraham Lincoln gazes down at the cobbled plaza where raffish bands plugged in, and stoned crowds gathered; my small son and daughter skipped ahead of me, hand in hand, to the swings, the jungle gym, the roundabout, and at home, pre-season
jonquils dazzled in a white crockery jug.
As well as the large yellow flowered daffodils there are many two-coloured flower varieties, or dainty
jonquils and my favourites, the small rockery varieties.
Bright yellow daffodils (or
jonquils, as they're called in these parts) brighten the hillsides every spring on the 700-acre home of the Dominican Sisters of St.
Though many people make a distinction between obvious daffodils ( yellow with large trumpets ( narcissi with small cups, and multi-headed
jonquils, all belong to the same genus, Narcissus.
One Saturday in mid-May just before finals--the
jonquils someone had planted were still in bloom--they hosted their first party.
The spring flowering bulbs will soon be in the shops, so look out for any with a striking perfume -
jonquils, Narcissus Geranium and Barrett Browning, for example.
Other flowers featured in the magazine included daisies and daffodils,
jonquils and jasmines, roses and ranunculus, and hundreds of others.
