Sir Brian May's daffodils get village blessing

Queen guitarist Brian May had one vision for a village green near his Surrey home when he helped to plant thousands of daffodils.

But although they have bloomed in time for spring, they are not the subtle cream and pale yellow variety he was expecting.

Instead, the area outside St James's Church in Elstead is carpeted in bright yellow trumpets.

Sir Brian said he was "disappointed" at first, but the village is not under pressure to replant the flowers, as "the more I look at our result, the more I think it was somehow meant to be".

On his website, Sir Brian posted: "Remember those 3,000 daffodil bulbs that Team Daffodil diligently planted a few months ago? Well, we are blessed - they all came up and are looking very jolly in the early Spring sunshine on Elstead Church Green.

"There is just one problem - they're not the ones we planned!

"The vision was a sea of Ice Follies, cream with pale yellow trumpets -- harmonising with the limestone church walls and the perfect backdrop for photos after church weddings. But it was not to be. Due to a supply error we have a sea of Golden Aura!!!

"So, at first I was disappointed... but the more I look at our result, the more I think it was somehow meant to be.

"These very traditional, 'natural' narcissus flowers look pretty splendid, waving in the sunshine - and they harmonise nicely with the pre-existing clumps around the trees."

The village decided the show must go on, with the church's vicar Rev Hannah Moore blessing the flowers on Friday afternoon.

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