Daffodils on their own are suitable for the study. For large rooms and festivals, other species can be selected so long as they do not overpower the main flower, such as camellia and winter blooming plum. The Ming-dynasty flower arranger Yuan Hongdao called these three "the flower kingdom's three friends of winter."
水仙單插適合書齋清供；廳堂年節插花，則可選擇花型花色不致搶過主花的同類寒香，如山茶、蠟梅就與水仙一起，被明代插花家袁宏道雅稱「花國歲寒三友」。