Non-native species aren’t all vandals. It’s time to rebrand them | Patrick Barkham

From ‘feral’ daffodils to grey squirrels, invasive species have a bad name, and some are strongly linked to extinction. But is that a reason to kill them?Sunrise, Golden Harvest, Cheerfulness, Magnificence, Soleil d’Or – the names of cultivated daffodil varieties are as evocative as the spring flowers themselves. But how do you feel about hefty suburban daffs in wild places? Britain has a native daffodil (my dad used to spend weeks in the woods studying this slender flowe