These are growing in the wooded area behind my house. The wooded area is probably relatively old/untouched. It was there when I bought the house 10 years ago, I anticipate it has been there at least since the house was built in the late 90s. My house is new compared to the rest of the neighborhood which as built in the 40-70s, and some as early as the 20s.
These get no direct sun at all and have never grown anything other than these leaves. But every year they grow back. There is one out front that does get sun and is obviously a daffodil. It took maybe 7 years since we bought the house to bloom, but not sure if it is the same plant as these in the back. It bloomed well that very first time but after that, just one flower every year. The leaves are much finer and floppy/twisty than the daffodils available at the stores which we also do have planted.
The pic of the flower is the daffodil out front. That came with the house, we did not plant it.
by LumpyPeople4
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Yep. They grow wild all over the place where I live.
Naturalized daffodils and jonquils are pretty common in the eastern US. They are native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.
They aren’t wild like a wild flower… they are better described as “escaped” from cultivation.
The daffodils and all the other plants I see in your pictures are non-native, even invasive.
The groundcovers are English Ivy, euonymus, and maybe I also see vinca. There’s also a honeysuckle shrub.
if you live in spain or portugal its certainly possible.
If you dont then no,they are not wild flowers.
Daffodils naturalized in the woods tend to signify the site of a long gone homestead. It’s crazy to think that gardens persist in nature long after their owners pass away and the house falls apart
That’s a tulip poplar tree next to it. Keep a look out for morel mushrooms, especially black morels, in that area.