West Cornwall Winter Landscape: Daffodil Fields, originally uploaded by Tim’sSeaGlimpses.
West Cornwall fields have daffodils! Tim’sSeaGlimpses comments about this January 14, 2012 image: “A really early season in west Cornwall so far this year. The far west of Cornwall has many tiny daffodil meadows/fields, many hidden away from roads. With a careful choice of varieties in our comparatively mild climate (compared to the rest of the UK), the season can run from mid-Dec to March.”
Photographer webeyer tells us about this 10 January 2012 image taken in Colyton Devon. Colyton has a number of clusters of Daffs coming up and/or blooming already. Last year I saw the first beginnings (stalks) on the 26th Jan so we’re a bit ahead this year.
Daffodils at Kew Gardens, originally uploaded by Laura Nolte.
Photographer Laura Nolte tells us about this March 23, 2011 image: The daffodils at Kew are in full bloom now, there’s a stunning carpet on the Broad Walk; but not just there, they’re growing everywhere around the gardens.
See below for Magnolias and Daffodils taken the same day at Kew Gardens.
Magnolia Trees and Daffodils at Kew Gardens, originally uploaded by Laura Nolte.
Photographer Laura Nolte tells us about this March 23, 2011 image: The daffodils at Kew are in full bloom now, there’s a stunning carpet on the Broad Walk; but not just there, they’re growing everywhere around the gardens. The area around the magnolia trees is my favourite part of the gardens at the moment–the colours of the cream and pink magnolias and the yellow daffodils look so pretty together. It’s a very lovely spot.
110320_036_Naturalized daffodils.jpg, originally uploaded by Alan Buckingham.
Gardening writer and photographer Alan Buckingham tells us about this March 21, 2011 image: It’s a shot of an area of woodland carpeted with naturalized daffodils (cultivar unknown). The wood is part of Painshill Park in Surrey, England, an estate created in the eighteenth century by Charles Hamilton. Following his Grand Tour of Europe in 1725-7, Hamilton deliberately set about acquiring land and creating a “landscape” of ornamental pleasure grounds, lakes, open parkland, an Alpine valley, a grotto, and a vineyard. His ambition was to recreate his experiences in his own backyard, so to speak. The Park is full of artfully placed follies, included a Gothic temple and tower, a ruined abbey, a Temple of Bacchus, and a Turkish warrior chief’s tent.
Alan’s website is here at alanbuckingham.com.
Run rabbit, run rabbit , run run run., originally uploaded by mafleen.
Photographer mafleen tells us about this March 24, 2011 image: These rabbits live in the city center, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, near the Civic Center. Still wild and not at all domesticated. There are always nice plantings in the park round the building and traffic doesn’t seem to phase them.
Copyright 2011 Kevin and Seri Crawley
Photographers Kevin and Seri Crawley tell us about this March 2011 image: Always together, this pair are almost impossible to expose properly due to the colour schemes involved. The BlackEast Indies Duck is a most beautiful animal – and its plumage is actually many subtle shades of green.
IMG_0362, originally uploaded by JamesDavid2007.
Photographer JamesDavid2007 tells us about this March 18, 2011 image: The photo was taken in Hyde Park in London, in the evening after a day of rain, when the sun was slipping down through the area of sky between the clouds and the horizon. The daffodils in central London are ahead of those in the suburbs and those in Hyde Park were looking particularly splendid in the evening sun.
The photo was taken with the camera on a monopod held high above my head, on a ten second timer, pointing in the direction of the bike and hoping the framing came out OK.
The bike is a Pedersen, designed about 120 years ago by a Dane, Mikael Pedersen.
The City – Empty, originally uploaded by SamKirk9.
Photographer SamKirk9 tells us about this March 20, 2011 image: The picture was taken in the Square Mile, City of London. I was on a photography tour and just liked the double yellow lines curving slightly on an empty city street. It was a Sunday and usually this street would be very busy with city workers. The daffodils just added something and brought the two yellows together. I usually take nature pics so this one was a bit of a departure from my usual style.
2652 More daffodils, originally uploaded by andy linden.
Photographer Andy Linden tells us about this March 16, 2011 image: The photo was taken in the same place as the photos in your previous blogs from 2008 and 2009. It was taken in Greenwich, London, next to the O2 indoor arena, which is the largest indoor concert venue in the UK and will be used as one of the venues for the 2012 Olympic Games. The trees and daffodils were planted when the O2 was built in 1999, as part of an overhaul of the land around it. This winter was harsh in London, so the daffodils are out late this year, as opposed to 2008, when they came out in February.
Our Daily Challenge – Fresh Start/New Beginning, originally uploaded by JaseCurtis.
Photographer Jase Curtis tells us about this Valentine’s Day image 2011: They’re part of the flowerbeds at the University of Winchester.
Daffodil Field, originally uploaded by Tim’sSeaGlimpses.
Photographer Tim’sSeaGlimpses tells us about this January 20, 2011 image: A wet autumn followed by a long, bitterly cold winter (so far) in west Cornwall has made this the latest daffodil season since we have lived here (we have always had daffodils flowering before Christmas until now!).
Signs of Spring, originally uploaded by Peewubblewoo.
Photographer Peewubblewoo tells us about this January 20, 2011 image: The photo was taken in Dundry, a village atop a hill near Bristol, England. With ice and frost in abundance yesterday morning, I was quite surprised to see these little flowers working their way through the soil so early in the year.
Springtime at Tonbridge, originally uploaded by tigertim1950.
Photographer tigertim1950 tells us: The photo was taken on the railway station at Tonbridge, in Kent, England. a town about 30 miles south east of London. The daffodils are planted in raised brick containers, and each year they cheer up the Station environment for the travellers in the springtime. I don’t know anything about the daffodil themselves, just that they look nice in the spring sunshine.
Daffodil Hare, originally uploaded by TopBeater.
Photographer TopBeater tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: It was taken in Longparish, Hampshire, England.
Could be titled “Daffy Duck” but it’s a goose, originally uploaded by laujhil.
Photographer laujhil tells us about this March 22, 2010 image: It was taken in Regents Park, London, UK. I’m not an expert on flowers so I can’t tell you much about the daffodils except that we have had such a cold winter that they are late blooming this year. The geese were eating them so I guess they appreciated them as well.
March 05 2010, originally uploaded by Zoë (HPAD).
Photographer Zoe (HPAD) tells us about this March 5, 2010 image: The photo was taken in Wye which is a village in Kent in the UK. I don’t know a lot about the daffodils themselves as they are in a garden that I pass on the way to the doctors. I spotted these daffodils trying to emerge last week, they have sprouted quite a bit since then. The light was low and shiny behind them, bokeh heaven! I took the photo to cheer myself up as there was a lovely light behind the daffodils and they evoke such a lovely image of spring finally coming.
Zoe, this cheers us all up, thanks for sharing.
Winter Daffs, originally uploaded by midlander1231.
Phohtographer midlander1231 tells us about this February 26, 2010 image: The image is of a field of daffodils for commercial use, it was taken in West Cornwall in the UK close to the town of Penzance.
The flickr caption says: Most of the Cornish Winter daffodils are picked now, but some fields are left to grow on, this one is just behind my house.
Daffodil shoots in the snow, originally uploaded by philmciver.
Photographer philmciver tells us about this snowy February 21, 2010 image: It was taken in my garden in Loughborough, which is in the county of Leicestershire, after an overnight snow fall of about three inches. The image was taken using a 100mm macro lens.
For St David’s Day, originally uploaded by JuliaC2006.
Photographer JuliaC2006 tells us about this St. David’s Day image taken on March 1, 2010: I’m doing a photo a day diary project this year, and as today is St David’s Day, I thought it would be nice to try and find some daffodils. It was a beautiful sunny day, so I went for a walk in St James Park, London near where I work. I saw lots of snowdrops and purple crocus flowering. The daffodils were mostly still just buds though, although the one I chose to photograph did show a tiny amount of yellow. As I said in my caption, I’m sure they will be flowering in a couple of days.
JuliaC2006 wrote to us on March 19 to say: Just to follow up, you might be interested in the photo I took today in St James’ Park www.flickr.com/photos/juliac2006/4445481109/ – absolutely thousands in flower now – I just wish the sun had been shining.
What a difference in two weeks!
Field of Daffodils 2, originally uploaded by Tim’sSeaGlimpses.
Photographer Tim’sSeaGlimpses tells us about this February 14, 2010 image: The far west of Cornwall has many tiny daffodil meadows/fields, many hidden away from roads. With a careful choice of varieties in our comparatively mild climate (compared to the rest of the UK) the season can run from mid-Dec to March.
The comment on the flickr page: Daffodils brighten up a grey February morning, but these flowers have already opened too far for picking to send to market.
You can see additional images of these fields and elsewhere on Tim’sSeaGlimpses Daffodils set.
Daffodils 1, originally uploaded by unclebuzz1.
This image is a February 10, 2010 version of a January 31 photo published below. As photographer unclebuzz1 related on the prior photo: The picture was taken in Oxford, England. On the corner of Catte street and The High Street. The daffodils are part of a display advertising a coffee shop in the University Church. The daffodils are displayed in the front basket of an old Bicycle! The buildings in the back ground are on the High Street.
Bokeh of Daffodils, originally uploaded by unclebuzz1.
Photographer unclebuzz1 tells us about this January 31, 2010 photo: The picture was taken in Oxford, England. On the corner of Catte street and The High Street. The daffodils are part of a display advertising a coffee shop in the University Church. The daffodils are displayed in the front basket of an old Bicycle! The buildings in the back ground are on the High Street.
Daffodil fields, originally uploaded by caz_greig.
The daffodil fields in this photo have a long and rich history, as explained by photographer caz greig: It was taken on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK last Saturday 9th January at 9.39am on the appropriately named daffodil field during our recent cold spell (well, cold for England, that is). Back in the 1920′s daffodils were cultivated on Brownsea Island for shipment to London and it was a prosperous industry. The ridges you can see came about because the soil is rather poor so in order to give the bulbs a reasonable growth medium the soil was piled up into ridges into which the bulbs were placed. Daffodils still grow around the island but are much reduced and eaten by the Sika deer and rabbits though it is still very colourful and attractive in springtime. Brownsea Island is owned by the National Trust and you can get more info from their website. Also, there is an informative book Brownsea Islander by Jack Battrick ISBN 0 7137 0990 1.
Manchester 9th Jan 2010, originally uploaded by whalleyranger.
Photographer whalleyranger tells us: It was taken on the 9th Jan in the city of Manchester in the North West of England. I live in the south of the city, and we have had the longest cold spell and levels of snow for over 30 years.
The dafs are planted in a bed that forms the front wall of a block of flats along with evergreen shrubs. I’m sorry but I don’t know which type of daf it is but it sure made an yellow impact amongst the white snow.
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