Spring, or is it? Monday 2nd March 2020
A belated, Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus, Happy Saint David's Day. Yesterday was the start of meteorlogical spring, personally I'll wait for the Spring Equinox on 20th March before I get excited. Although nature is showing signs of the changing seasons that's more to do with day length rather than having hit a date in the calendar. So what have Daffodils to do with Wales, In Wales, the daffodil is a symbol of our patron saint, David, (Dewi Sant in Welsh ) and of rebirth and faithfulness because they bloom every year even after the harshest winters. Daffodil in Welsh is Cenhinen Pedr - which literally translates as Pedr's (or Peter's) leek. The true Welsh daffodil is the Tenby daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp. obvallaris , a sub-species of the wild variety. Although it is likely this was originally a cultivated flower it now grows wild across south-west Wales. Tenby Daffodil (Dr Stuart Blackmore) It is planned to plant 500 each of both Nat