A daffodil is a bright yellow flower that blooms in early spring, often one of the first flowers to appear after winter. With their cheerful trumpet-shaped centers surrounded by six petals, daffodils signal that warmer days are coming. They grow from bulbs planted in the fall and can return year after year, carpeting gardens and hillsides with golden color.

The daffodil is famous enough to have inspired poems and paintings. William Wordsworth wrote one of the most celebrated poems in English literature about a field of daffodils “fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” The flower is also the national flower of Wales, where people wear daffodils on St. David's Day.

Gardeners love daffodils because they're hardy and reliable. Deer and rabbits usually leave them alone because the bulbs are poisonous to most animals. Plant a few dozen daffodil bulbs in autumn, and each spring they'll reward you with weeks of brilliant blooms, turning an ordinary yard into something spectacular.