WINTER NATURE: Daffodils already blooming DAYS before Christmas
THESE amazing pictures show daffodils already blooming in Britain in the days before Christmas.
The field of narcissi was grown by Paul Whittaker on the Isles of Scilly, who grows and sends flowers to buyers around the UK.
He puts his early bloom down to the warmer climate on the tiny island off the Cornish coast.
Mr Whittaker, 47, said: "We get them a bit earlier over this side of the water because of the climate. It's not unusual over here.
"They're very popular around Christmas. Definitely the most popular."
They're very popular around Christmas
The field is part of four acres farmed at Trenoweth on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly.
Mr Whittaker also grows a variety of spring and summer cropping flowers - which he boxes up and sells anywhere from Cornwall to Scotland.
He has been flower farming himself for the past six years following a 20-year stint by his parents.
Mr Whittaker welcomed the warm spell on the island this year which helped with his daffodils.
He said: "It's been a very slow start to the season but it's getting better now - much more back to what it should be."