Monticello Daffodils_MAR4931_32, originally uploaded by macjammer.

Photographer macjammer tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: The picture was taken at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville VA. It is a composite of two images – one that has the daffodils in sharp focus and a second that has the house in sharp focus. The gardeners at Monticello maintain year round plantings of seasonal flowers. The next to bloom will be tulips, which are spectacular.

For more Monticello photos generally, including an aerial from a hot air balloon, see macjammer’s Monticello set.

Daffodils are definitely out in Virginia – macjammer has also posted two beautiful daffodil photos from the University of Virginia Pavilion here and here.

Copyright 2010 Beth Monroe

Spring has arrived at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. The LGBG tells us: This photo shows the first of many daffodil blooms at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. A Million Blooms, which begins on April 1 and runs through June 5, 2010, features a spectacular succession of beautiful blooms including daffodils, cherry blossoms, tulips, irises, roses, peonies, and more.

Here is information about the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.

It’s Coming!, originally uploaded by basimmons.

Photographer basimmons posts this January 16, 2010 photo from Virginia! She says: I took the photo right outside the Viriginia home I was born and raised in. These daffodils are very close to the house so maybe somewhat protected. Maybe that’s why they come up early. They always come up before mine do only 5 miles away. Also, they are very old bulbs. The house is 53 years old. I doubt if the bulbs are quite that old but maybe close:)

Virginia ~ Blue Ridge Mountains, originally uploaded by smilla4.

Photographer smilla4 tells us about this April 11, 2009 image: It was taken along the road in Madison, Virginia…we actually stopped and did a fast u-turn to capture the image. At the time, we were driving from Washington, D.C. to visit Montpelier in Orange, VA.

HBW 2.18.09, originally uploaded by emeraldspiryt.

Photographer emeraldspiryt tells us about this February 18, 2009 photo: It was taken in Richmond, Virginia. A late spring this year is holding the daffodils in bud longer than normal. This is the bud of a double daffodil. The bud has been on the plant for four weeks, though two heavy frosts and two light snows.

Hey, Winter, we double daffodil dare you to snow on us again!

, originally uploaded by dusty_chenille.

Photographer dusty_chenille tells us about this February 9, 2009 photo: I took this picture at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, in early February. This one was the large-cupped narcissus “Pinza”… Such a beautiful deep yellow in the center.

The first daffodils in spring are such beacons of hope and happiness after the winter.

Rebirth, originally uploaded by emeraldspiryt.

Through the remarkable macro lens comes this February 7, 2009 photo labeled “Rebirth”. Photographer emeraldspiryt tells us: This was taken in my back yard in Richmond, Virginia. It is the bud of one of my double daffodils. It survived snow and two heavy frosts. The anticipation of the bloom is as beautiful as the bloom itself.

peekaboo, originally uploaded by genevieve-n.

The photographer genevieve-n has this to say about the new daffodil photo taken January 29, 2009, and we love the title “Peekaboo”: It was taken at my home in Yorktown, VA. We planted the bulbs a few years ago, and they have been doing wonderfully. They are some of the very few in our neighborhood, so when there is very little to no color around, it’s lovely to see their little yellow heads peeking out!

Here is her whimsical comment on the flickr post: Daffodil bravely coming out to say hello to the world.

Early daffodils, originally uploaded by larryhuffman.

Looks like they grow them healthy, good-lookin’, and very early in Virginia, judging by this January 4, 2009 photo. We wrote to the photographer Larry Huffman to ask for details: Yep they’re in Great Falls, Va. I don’t know the variety, but I get them from White Flower Farm in CT, here is the product page (http://bit.ly/rcdO). These are bred for the south apparently. I actually saw some of them coming up in late November, they are on a southern slope and whenever the ground warms up I get some that pop up. I get blooms in early to mid-March and they usually last into late May but the heat kills them pretty quick. I leave the leaves up until late June even though they flop over; I’ve read that’s when they take up nutrients for the following year.

I’m adding a hundred or so every other year to the woods behind my house. I’ll post some pics later this year when they come it.