Unique Welsh daffodils
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| 10:29 UK time, Tuesday, 1 March 2011
You can thank our Victorian ancestors that when it comes to St David's Day, we pin daffodils to our lapels instead of leeks.
A vegetable wasn't considered glamorous enough to be the Welsh national emblem and the daffodil, whose flowering coincides with the Welsh patron saint's holiday, seemed like a fitting replacement.
There are two varieties unique to Wales:The Tenby and Welsh daffodils.
Eddie Butler examines this and other Welsh icons in a brand new series kicking off tonight at 8pm on 91Èȱ¬ Two Wales.
Find out more about the daffodils unique to Wales in this clip from Iolo's Welsh Safari:
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