St David's Day

What happens

On 1 March, the feast of their patron saint, Welsh people wear one of two emblems: a leek or a daffodil. The leek is the older. The daffodil became popular in the nineteenth century, helped by the fact that it flowers at just the right time and that its Welsh name, cenhinen Bedr, means Peter's leek. Children go to school in traditional dress with a daffodil pinned on, and towns hold parades. A small wild daffodil found in Pembrokeshire is known as the Tenby daffodil.

The flowers

NarcissusThe daffodil, worn on the lapel and planted along Welsh roadsides.Wild daffodilThe wild daffodil, one form of which is named after Tenby.LeekThe older emblem of Wales, still worn by some regiments.