Daffodil, or botanically Narcissus, is March's celebrated birth flower.   Daffodils are the mark of spring and usually known by white or yellow petals surrounding a yellow, pink or white center. Narcissus is named after the character from Greek mythology who was said to have been so in love with his own reflection that he was turned into a flower.   It is said that these flowers appear to face downward because Narcissus refused to look up from his own image reflected in the stream where he became frozen and withered in time.  

Consequently, daffodils are the foremost symbol of conceit and egotism. They have also come to mark formality, good fortune, chivalry and respect.  Daffodils are the national flower of Wales and have become the stuff of legends, forever preserved in poems by William Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, and other greats.