1.   For springtime, a park in Paris, or England when the daffodils are blooming, will do handsomely.

2.   In the natural world, daffodils bloomed, and the grass at the New York Botanical Garden was a lush green the week before Christmas.

3.   The names and the stories that went with them became more familiar with every visit, as the daffodils bloomed and the leaves swirled and I grew up.

4.   This shade-loving perennial sends up sprays of starry flowers about the same time the daffodils bloom.

5.   While most daffodils bloom in April, and most tulips bloom in May, Star of Persia, like many alliums, is a June bloomer.

6.   Neatly planted daffodils bloom around the windowless hulk of a home.