Daffodils: Beautiful (and Deadly) - Why knowing botany is so valuable

[@douglasdrake4108]

Planting daffodils around new fruit trees or bushes will keep moles and burrowing rodents from eating the stalks and roots under the snow in the winter. Plus if you have them around the tree the bees will already be accustomed to coming to that area when the fruit tree starts to push flowers, therefore increasing your pollination rate giving you more fruit.

[@Nyctophora]

Using Daffodil Powers for good!

[@humboldtoregonian9400]

Daffodils are the easiest flowers to draw. In the town that I grew up in there was a daffodil festival every year. All of the school children would draw or paint art featuring daffodils. One student from each grade k-12 would win first place in their grade, Out of those students the best one would be featured on a T-shirt. At the end of the festival, art and daffodils would be sold as a fund raiser. Even students could sell up to three peaces of art and make money off of it. Sadly the school stopped doing the festival around 2013. If I recall right, it had been a thing for around 100 years at that point. Almost as old as the mayday festival.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

That's reminded me of something I'd almost forgotten. Back in the eighties, I worked in a Jobcentre here in the UK. They were state run recruitment agencies in those days. Job details were displayed on cards on boards were covered in strips of yellow and green thin cardboard to keep them clean. In 1986 the site of a closed down steelworks in my home city was turned into a garden festival and we did the recruitment. I worked with a lady named Jenny who used the yellow and green card to make amazing larger than life daffodils to decorate the job display boards. I wish I'd taken a photo. RIP, Jenny, I hope you're surrounded by flowers wherever you are now.

[@renataheiberg7534]

Mackinac Island?

[@teknotony]

I'm a daffodil picker , I've done 20 seasons, many pickers get a severe rash ( also known as lily rash ) , I call it sapatitus . I think that the variety Carlton ( the bulb ) is being used to treat altzeimers

[@jellydough90]

I just found this channel and I've been no joke looking for a channel exactly like this for 2 years and I am overjoyed

[@mrweirdy6904]

This channel needs way much more attention! I can see this channel blowing up in popularity in no time!

[@UntamedScience]

We shall see. hah. I don't think youtube has figured out who to send it too, but maybe I'll figure out the algorithm soon. I do appreciate that sentiment though.

[@sarahs7751]

I know, I just found this channel..and its going to be hard to stop watching.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@UntamedScience I dunno if you can target different audiences with different thumbnails for the same video. I clicked for the zaddy in the thumbnail 😋

[@leew8391]

work on the sound quality, i thought my speakers were messed up

[@DevonExplorer]

Well, that's bizarre! When I was a teenager I used to eat daffodil petals; sometimes on their own or sometimes in a cheese sandwich. They tasted nice, looked fantastic with a meal and not one tummy ache or feeling sick. I'm now aged 72 and still here! lol!

[@uncleshreddedwheat6180]

😂 I make tea with them in the spring, I freeze them first.

[@rockinvilleful]

I heard the poison is the root and the flowers is the antidote

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@rockinvilleful I doubt the plant includes an antidote anywhere in it since the goal is to deter predators. That said, a lot of toxic plants don’t have toxic flowers because they need to protect their pollinators.

[@rockinvilleful]

@@evilsharkey8954 the poison is the roots

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

Interesting and they symbolize rebirth and new beginnings..they are more than cool...but they are exquisite! Their scent is aromatic.

[@wendychandler8304]

You just might have saved my garden from being totally trashed. In the past month deer have taken flower buds and sprigs off pieris and yellow tree peony. Rabbits have burrowed everywhere, Young leaves just disappeared from evergreen azaleas, privet and something tiny, unknown has dug to my tulip bulbs, but scattering the new leaves. I am so distressed that in 80 tears I haven't known such destruction. I do have camellias, clematis, narcissi and deciduous azaleas, but something (pigeon?) has robbed two rhododendrons of buds, and the winter flowering jasmine reduced to stalks. Thank you for this video.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Maybe consider starting to build an concrete fortification in the ground below burrowing level and slowly work the perimeter all around the garden

[@JS-jh4cy]

Going about 7 feet high so deer can't jump over in

[@thomasnaas2813]

You can find old, abandoned homesteads by driving the back roads in spring and looking for daffodils growing.

[@MaxOakland]

Woahhh that’s so cool. I want to write a song about that

[@Kris-wf3oe]

“Daffodifferent!” 😂 great and interesting vid! Love the shirt also!😁

[@UntamedScience]

:) Thanks Kristi.

[@ChadKovac]

I was daffadelighted!😂

[@GreasyMooseKnuckle69]

A video series about cannabis would be greatly informative. So many colors, smells, flavors and effects.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

The basic rule that I tell folks is: If it's a bulb, and it does not smell or taste like an allium, its best to not eat it. There are LOADS of wonderful, tasty edible flowers, many with edible tubers (not bulbs!) that we like to grow and eat .. daffodils aren't one of 'em 😉

[@evilsharkey8954]

People can eat tulips, but it’s a waste of a tulip unless you’re starving. Unfortunately, everything else can eat tulip bulbs, too, so you have to practically armor your new bulb plantings to keep the squirrels out.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@evilsharkey8954 Edible, with a warning: after about 5 or so, (and fewer in some cases) a person eating tulip bulbs will begin to experience nausea, shortness of breath, and cardiovascular distress. I wonder if the squirrels have this problem 🤔

[@sueme1954]

I did what you did in the clip and was surprised that it did not taste bad. A bit later I felt a scary burning in my mouth and throat.

[@cipherx6334]

Heard a story from my professor many years ago, he told us he'd read that a shop kept the garden plants including the daffodil bulbs to close to the veg and some Asian people who spoke very little English, bought them as they mistook them for small onions and were subsequently hospitalised for chopping them up and putting them in fried veg!

[@evilsharkey8954]

It sounds like that shop should have put a warning picture that clearly said “do not eat” with pictures:

[@cal2538]

Came here accidentally, and so glad I did! This is actually a pretty cool channel. Subscribing. And best of luck!

[@andrewbrown6522]

I was doing my best for a few years to learn my local flora but some stuff happened and i kinda lost track. It feels so awkward not knowing basic food when that must have been the first thing people used to learn.

[@dannygroom3327]

Didn't I read somewhere that people were so hungry in the channel Islands at the end of ww2 that they died after eating daf bulbs thinking they were onions?

[@plantreviewsuk1204]

They are not only beautiful, many daffodils are also incredibly fragrant!!! I love being surrounded by several varieties, especially tazettas, with their gorgeous scent spreading around the air; I am always looking for new scents and really my collection of daffodils lead me to discover new scents for my fragrant garden at a whole new level!!!

[@StefanBurns]

So daffodifferent!

[@UntamedScience]

Hah. I need to get Haley into every video or it doesn't have enough humor. :)

[@missycitty9478]

New sub here! Love learning about new things!! Thank you!! 💐💐💐💐

[@darcihoudeshell2588]

Thanks for the info on Daffodils! This came at the perfect time. Was outside a few days ago and noticed that they were blooming! 🌼

[@jeremybertram5575]

Are those the same as March lillies? Jonquills?

[@herefromnow3761]

Loved the video, personally for me, I am allergic to them, where by i come out in a prickly red rash if i touch them or even just brush against them.. the rash will usually spread all over and last about 3 days.. I've "tested" different ones, they're all the same.. love em/hate em..👍

[@TheLucidor]

High quality video! Glad I stumbled across this page. Keep it up! I'm sharing this with a few people I know will enjoy it as well!

[@LewReviews]

Am going to sub I feel drawn to this content and I don't even know why perhaps I am more into the world of plants more than I thought. I mean I partake in burning of the herb let's say 😂 but this is next level learning about plants I never knew I would care about.

[@77FM77]

i will recomend your videos to my friends

[@jessharriman3254]

My first "job" ( at 12 yrs old) was picking Daffodils for one of my teachers to sell. He had fields of them. We cut them with a pocket knife. You would end up with little cuts on your hands, and the daffodil juice would get in them and cause the cuts to turn white and crusty. Very painful.

[@MisSorryforthespam]

Really cool info we have a patch of daffodils at home that somehow mutated to grow double corollas. always thought that was interesting

[@megelizabeth9492]

I think you might have a case of facinatin’ fasciation on your hands!

[@evilsharkey8954]

So they weren’t double flowers when they were planted? Interesting! If they’re a double version of a variety that doesn’t already come in double, you could probably patent them and sell them.

[@megelizabeth9492]

unfortunately, faciation is rarely passed down to the offspring.

[@lindaisenegger163]

Well done!!...This channel is just fresh and upbeat!!...love it!

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks Linda. Much appreciated. ;)

[@Liliquan]

Once I found out Daffodils could kill me, I requested a restraining order.

[@jeffosborne440]

Really valuable information, especially if you are a pet owner. Keep petalling :-) these fun and important Facts. Love it!

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks Jeff. Will do.

[@Veptis]

This is like 2 months down my watch later and I am missing out on looking at some close up myself. I did spend a lot of time looking at early bloomers in the backyard to understand where bees are coming from. How did you light the time lapse against the black background?

[@NZKiwi87]

Loved this, thank you! Your wee dog is super duper cute too 🥰 our beloved 9 year old dog passed away suddenly a week ago; I really enjoy seeing other folks pets casually hanging out with them :) thanks for another great informative video! And hi to Haley!

[@UntamedScience]

:) He's still hanging on... ;)

[@davidarundel6187]

In 1995 , I was traveling past a daffodil farm , which had in excess of 1800 varieties of Daffodils . The only bulbs that I know are good for eating , are Onions , or Garlic . I would be very wary of eating Daffodils , Narcissus , Jonquils , or Crocus - the only part of which is edible , are the stamens , from which Saffron is obtained .

[@honeybadgerisme]

Host: bites toxic plant Me: checks if future postings occured

[@akabga]

Why would he eat it?

[@theotheseaeagle]

At the start of early spring to very late winter we get millions of daffodils sprouting all over the UK

[@dannytaveras1521]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge 🙏. Great work 👍

[@PsychicIsaacs]

I have daffodils growing under my roses and both the daffodils and the roses are doing fine. So it's only in the vase that they fight each other, not in the ground.

[@UntamedScience]

Exactly. It's only in the vase.

[@kaymad143]

I just came upon your channel and I appreciate your videos! I never knew about the daffodils being toxic (I learned a lot about poison ivy in another of your videos) I have now subscribed to yourc channel!

[@GinkgoRobur27]

Really good job my men, I just discoverd you with the fly agaric and i'm going thru your videos its really good work here. Greetings from France

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks! ;)

[@konrad1345]

Just found your channel, really great content man keep it up!

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks!

[@JohannaTest]

the time lapses are really nice, and add a very classy beautiful touch.

[@TomahawkTom]

Very cool videos, I was wondering if you have done one about Sassafras? Growing up my grandpa taught me that you can chew on the leaves to freshen stale breath, i remember it makes your mouth VERY slimey. Later in life i learned that its considered a carcinogen, so I don't do it anymore.

[@UntamedScience]

Nothing in sassafras, yet. 😀

[@Erewhon2024]

The leaves (gumbo file) are considered G.R.A.S. and are important thickeners (hence the slime) in authentic Cajun gumbo. (Creole [urban] gumbo is more likely to use okra, a vegetable originally imported from Africa.) The concern is with safrole, found especially in the root bark and formerly used to flavor rootbeer.

[@evil1by1]

@@Erewhon2024 eh I think it's a another case of people being unthinking and knee jerk banning things. It's present in black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, sage, file powder, all of which are still available. I highly doubt anyone is using massive quantities of sassafras to make root beer then chugging gallons of it. No different than the stupid absinthe ban or kinder eggs.

[@sarabeescutflowersmore795]

Plant nerd here! Do one on Foxglove! Another toxic yet beautiful plant... The history is pretty interesting. Im about to surf your channel (new subscriber).

[@learntocrochet1]

Is Foxglove toxic if you ingest a lot or a little? I know Digitalis comes from Foxglove, so it does have some medicinal value.

[@davidarundel6187]

@@learntocrochet1 Digitalis comes from the seeds . To my knowledge the rest of the plant is not to be eaten . They are excellent for bringing in pollinaters .

[@davidarundel6187]

@@MandrakeFernflower Digitalis , is the word you are thinking of . The plant when in flower , attracts pollinators , like bumblebees . Digitalis , is produced from the seeds , other parts of the plant are more likely to end up in composts , unless there's som use for the green parts that I'm not aware of

[@susannaemmerich1166]

Next to Rose's daffs are my absolute favourite!!!!.🙃🦋

[@uncleshreddedwheat6180]

I pick the yellow ones and make tea. 💛 it makes me feel nauseous 😫 and for some reason 🙃 it's calming. I have them frozen in my freezer and I still make tea with them🤪

[@gazepskotzs4]

Are you stil with us?

[@gazepskotzs4]

Are you stil with us?

[@charlottaahmed4486]

Animals know/sense/smell toxins & avoid them. This is the reason I keep nothing but poisonous plants around my place. I'm not bothered with unwanted animals and none of of them are injured. At the same token, these bulbous plants often have only a seasonal flowering period. I also find that bulbs require dedicated fertilizing. Deer, squirrels, chipmunks are the worst.

[@Oldmanofthewood]

Interestingly daffodils are grown commercially in Wales UK for a chemical extract used to treat Alzheimer’s disease 👍😎

[@user-Sujanphotography]

A lots of love from India ❤️

[@randalllaue4042]

There was an episode on TV that had two “hippies” who eat the bulbs, they almost died... Jack Webb saved their lives.

[@1rober2]

I believe wild boares tolerate eating them. They dug up and ate all from my friends garden, that she just planted. Only a few of the one hundred survived.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Maybe they didn’t tolerate them and barfed all over the place later on.

[@christopherpengel9197]

I would love to know what camera is being used. The video looks so crisp

[@Erewhon2024]

Pretty sure that like lilies (Lilium), the tepals are both sepals (outer whorl) and petals (inner whorl, but otherwise identical). The tube/cup (also in a few other Amaryllids like Pancratium and Hymenocallis, also toxic but less familiar to Yanks because they are not very cold hardy) is formed from fused staminodes (sterile stamens). Tepals are fairly common among monocots; all your "typical flowers" were dicots (& even all in the rose family, if memory serves). Do you know botany? What would have been helpful would be hints on how to distinguish dormant daffodil bulbs from dormant onion bulbs, or a very strong warning that this is virtually impossible (as with Camassia vs Zigadenus), so only harvest what you know (i.e. planted yourself) or from plants that are growing leaves (onions and garlics stink differently than other bulbs) if not blooming (maybe it is unwise to underestimate the ignorance or stupidity of urban people, but I haven't met anyone who would confuse Narcissus flowers with an Allium umbel; some other toxic Amaryllids could be confused with onion blossoms, but never those of Narcissus).

[@evilsharkey8954]

If it doesn’t smell like an onion or garlic, it’s definitely not an onion or garlic. Their smells are unmistakable.

[@user-uj4ip2pt6h]

at 5:59 could you just sacrifice (cut ) one open to compare it to an onion?

[@trenastidham5581]

I'm 51 years old and love plants , trees , all of mother nature's plants . But I learned few years ago that the poinsettia plant has tiny flowers , and the colorful flowers are really leaves not pettles.

[@andreaorozco9660]

Daffodils, sunflowers, and species orchids are my favorite flowers.

[@whoahanant]

Daffodils are actually my favorite flowers

[@chriscroteau4793]

Great video! I love those hyperlapses!

[@tothboy01]

In the movie Smurfs 2, there is a Smurf named Vanity Smurf, and he has a daffodil on his hat, which makes sense because of the genus narcissus, and the link between vanity and narcissism. It also refers to the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus, who died and was reborn as a white and yellow flower, probably a daffodil. It goes back to the ancient religious tradition of so-called "dying-rising vegetation gods". In another Greek myth, the character Hyacinth dies and his blood is reborn as the hyacinth flower; in Norse mythology, the god Balder is killed by a mistletoe arrow and he is said to one day return or be resurrected. In Phoenician-Greco-Roman mythology, the character Adonis dies and his blood is reborn as the anemone flower (an alternative myth involves red poppies). The Hittite god Telipinu (who disappears and reappears, as opposed to dying and being resurrected) is associated with the oak tree. The Sumerian god Dumuzi is associated with the cedar tree; the Egyptian god Osiris was resurrected as grains of wheat; the Phrygian (i.e. ancient Turkey) god Attis hanged on a pine tree and was resurrected as spring vegetation; the Ugaritic god Baal Hadad (from ancient Syria) was resurrected as fruit; in Roman mythology, Pyramus died and his blood was reborn as mulberries; in Irish mythology, Miach died and was reborn as 365 herbs; in another Irish myth, the lovers Naoise and Deirdre died and were reborn as pine trees; in Algonquin Native American mythology, the god Chakekenapok was killed and then reborn as grapevines; in Penobscot Native American mythology, the character Corn Goddess was killed and then she was reborn as corn; in the Shinto mythology of Japan, the goddess Ogetsu-no-hime died and her dead body was reborn as rice, wheat, soy beans, red beans, and millet; and Jesus hanged on a "tree" i.e. the cross, and was resurrected. Also, his body was bread and his blood was wine.

[@JohnDought]

We got them widespread in the Netherlands and use them as gardenplants, that they are toxic is new for me

[@rainfalls2964]

Well you got a New subscriber ... You two are great 💐🌿🌸🌲🥀🍀🌷🍃🌺🌱🌻🌳🌹

[@HumblyNeil]

I came searching for bots and ended up watching a video on spring flowers.... and you failed to tell the Greek legend of Narcissus. tsk tsk ;-)

[@UntamedScience]

Good spot Neil. I actually thought about talking about the legend of Narcissus. Then, when I did some research I found it's a tad confusing which came first, the flower or the legend. I suppose it's somewhat interesting to people, given people like greek legends. :)

[@HumblyNeil]

@@UntamedScience No worries I was recently reminded of the story and then you asked me if we had any daffs out here, which made me think (to myself) this would be in the vid. :-D Super interesting stuffs!

[@Flippokid]

So.... What's the difference? Is it that onions have one stem blooming out of the bulb and daffodils multiple?

[@sjftube]

Great info - We were just admiring our Daffodils and Tulips that are coming up in our garden here outside Boston. Unfortunately, someone/thing is eating all the tulip plants. *not happy*

[@daviddexter4958]

Deer I live in Michigan can't plant tulips we over run by Deer!

[@Erewhon2024]

Some people plant daffodils in rings around fruit trees to scare voles. Tulips on the other hand are edible to most mammals. You can eat their petals, and the Dutch ate the bulbs (possibly only after removing the green bit in the center), cooked, during wartime famines. Perhaps give up on them, or plant the bulbs in chicken wire cages and spray the leaves and flowerbuds with something noxious (e.g. diluted or low/no vinegar hot sauce).

[@evilsharkey8954]

In my area, it’s the damn rabbits! I know their bite marks. They’ll go from plant to plant and bite the buds off and leave them on the ground, uneaten. The sprays that are supposed to repel them don’t work. Only plant armor keeps them off (chickenwire or hardware cloth cages). I’m tempted to install big T shaped posts to attract hawks. I’m also tempted to get one of those motion sensitive hiss cans and put it in a little shelter to scare rabbits away.

[@whoahanant]

You can get automatic water spritzers. You can place them where you need and when they sense movement they spray water, this typically scares most animals off.

[@billycarter1104]

Dude.... Super channel and keep up the good work

[@UntamedScience]

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[@MarionJInce]

I know your are talking about Daffodils and not Tulips, but friends that lived in the Netherlands during World War 2 said they ate Tulip bulbs to survive. Are Tulip bulbs not toxic?

[@77FM77]

great video ! i liked your videos.😎

[@teddyfaux-bear5341]

But also, the galantamine in daffodils is a compound that can be used to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease! Many toxic plants contain chemicals that can be used in the creation of medication. :)

[@evilsharkey8954]

Atropine, the poison in deadly nightshade, is an immediate treatment for exposure to deadly nerve gases and some powerful pesticides.

[@margaretcole6264]

Bullwinkle was the first person I heard about daffodils from. Crazy yeah, but I lived inner city. Not many flowers there.

[@AntLab]

I learned something! (and I also really dug the time-lapse sequences in this!)

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks Adrain! Hope you're well. I'm loving your content btw.

[@jacobdavis1768]

New favorite channel

[@jonathangriffin3486]

in the same way as acorns is there a processing method that removes the toxins?

[@evilsharkey8954]

Possibly, but it’s probably not worth the effort when onions are so easy to grow and also usually left alone by wild animals.

[@eden.thebus]

Love your video style!

[@snowmiaow]

What was she saying at the end? It got cut off. "This one..."

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

How do you tell the difference between an onion and a Daffodil bulb?

[@evilsharkey8954]

The smell, for one thing. Daffodils don’t smell like onions or garlic.

[@emeraldh80]

I love it when George Clooney teaches me botany

[@duckyday1099]

Wondering if this could be used as insecticide. Washing veges well before eating of course.

[@cosmolewandowski7860]

So no lie. I have tasted one once. I like eating flowers usually. Thought they might be safe. But long story short, you know there poison within 2 chews. So bitter. Think he had a weak one.

[@tiggercampbell6198]

couldn't you get pinworms from that? just wondering..wondering..wondering

[@Mel-zj3dv]

Daffodils 🌼 are my favorite flower 🥰

[@bonniemacpherson3407]

Great! I planted my roses in a daffodil patch! My daffodils look different.

[@inifin8]

Should've cut the bulb she shown how different it is from onion. It's it pungent like onion? How does it differ physically

[@spandanbasu9296]

Lot of love❤❤❤

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks for the love Spandan. I appreciate that.

[@heatherfranklin6945]

Can you plant edible plants near it ?

[@natureisallpowerful]

My girlfriend is in hospital because she ate some daffodil bulbs thinking it was onions... She's alright and she should be out in the spring 🤣

[@nunyabiznes33]

I live in the tropics so I have nothing to fear from those monsters!

[@evilsharkey8954]

Some of the tropics have real monsters like gympie gympie (Australia) or manchineel tree (Americas).

[@bonnieuptree5691]

ALWAYS my Favorite Flower ! 💙

[@ZNAT-911]

DON'T EAT RANDOM PLANTS!!! That's a lesson that I learned well, After eating a piece of an elephant ear plant, And it kinda gave me PTSD and anxiety, But that's just me. BUT STILL!!!!! DON'T EAT ITTTT!!

[@lorifarrell5705]

my father used to plant them around the perimeter of his garden to keep the wildlife from eating his harvest.

[@geethaparker9276]

Cool, informative and interesting video 👍🏻

[@jvfx8960]

Delectable tea? Or deadly poison?

[@dragonlord498]

Funny thing whenever I ended up going to the hospital as a child I would get these in my room which I find. Ironic now knowing they are toxic

[@dorkiedoodles2297]

Great video and very informative. Keep up the amazing work.

[@davidcostello6527]

My friend was drunk staying at another friends house while he was away he chopped up daffodil bulbs thinking they were onion's and ate a Stew he threw up and the dog ate it and did the same all lived many years after the fact he was a good friend

[@SeanFoxxx]

Thanks Daffo-Daddy!

[@UntamedScience]

hah. You a Hanna-Barbera fan too then?

[@SeanFoxxx]

@@UntamedScience im a fan of all things punny!

[@gasun1274]

"... their toxicity that allows them to thrive" hmm a lot of daffodils around me it seems

[@77FM77]

keep makeing more videos with ,animals ,plants, survivel ,tools and minecraft

[@UntamedScience]

Thanks Fizz. Much appreciated. Great to have you hear and thanks for taking the time to share that!

[@kyan-forever]

Are narccist flowers narcissistic

[@altha2008]

Is there an app or something that I can take a photo of a plant it will let know if it is good or bad,, Have Parkinson's memory is not as good as it use to be

[@UntamedScience]

iNaturalist is my favorite

[@altha2008]

@@UntamedScience will give it a try thanks