Daffodillion ceremony | PHOTOS

Ron Fleming plants the 999,999th daffodil Monday as Mayor Harry Winthrop looks on. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

From left, John Hirschboek, Daffodillion Project director, Ron Fleming, founder of the Daffodil Project, Katie Guinan, Thompson Middle School student, Mayor Harry Winthrop and Scott Wheeler, superintendent of parks, grounds, and forestry, pose for a photo outside of City Hall in Newport prior to the planting of the 1,000,000th daffodil. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

From left, Ron Fleming, founder of the Daffodil Project, John Hirschboek, Daffodillion Project director, and Mayor Harry Winthrop address the crowd in front of City Hall before the planting of the 1,000,000th daffodil on Monday. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

Thompson Middle School student Katie Guinan plants the 1,000,001st daffodil bulb since the Newport Daffodil Project began during a ceremony outside of City Hall in Newport on Monday. Ronald Lee Fleming, second from left, and Mayor Harry Winthrop, third from left, planted the 999,999th and 1 millionth, respectively. The daffodil program had its start 12 years ago and set a goal of planting 1 million bulbs — a daffodillion. That goal has now been achieved. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

Mayor Harry Winthrop, right, presents Ron Fleming, founder of the Daffodil Project, and Scott Wheeler, left, the city's superintendent of Parks, Grounds and Forestry, a plaque for their work in the project. In the background is John Hirschboek, Daffodillion project director. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

Scott Wheeler places the 1,000,000th daffodil during the Daffodillion celebration on Monday. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

Mayor Harry Winthrop, right, presents Ron Fleming, founder of the Daffodil Project, and Scott Wheeler, left, the city's superintendent of Parks, Grounds and Forestry, a plaque for their work in the project. In the background is John Hirschboek, Daffodillion project director. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]

Thompson Middle School student Katie Guinan planted the 1,000,001st daffodil bulb for the Daffodil Project on Monday outside Newport City Hall. [PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA POHL]