Lets Talk Bulbs-Daffodil's

[Mamu]

Daffodil's-With fall fast approaching it's time to think about spring. Yes the bulbs you plant now will be the first to brighten up your yard in the spring.

So let's talk about daffodil's. There is a wide variety available at your local nursery or garden center. There are yellows, whites, two-toned, small and large cupped, trumpet, double and single, the list is endless. With all the different varieties you can have daffodil's blooming for months in the spring without tiring of them.

They grow to heights of 6-16 inches. They should be planted to depths double the size of the bulb, 2-6 inches deep. You can plant them in sun or semi-shade and they like a rather heavy ordinary soil.

You can scatter them, here or there for a natural effect, but they look best when planted in large clumps or rows. When combined with other spring flowering bulbs you have a scene that can only be produced by planting spring flowering bulbs now. Every gardener will tell you their garden look it's best in the spring. When their yard is ablaze with color.

Forget the annuals, forget the perennials if you do nothing else, plant a few bulbs.



Daffodil's

Daffodil Varieties

 

[amid chaos]

This is one of my favorite flowers..just love them.

I plant more every fall.

 

[olena]

One of my favorites, too!

Thanks, Mamu!

 

[MarkRG]

Interesting coincidence, I am about to plant a huge number of these around my tulip bed in front. Besides everything Mamu has said, they also have one very neat effect, they are a natural animal repellant. No bunny eating my tulip stems next year.

 

[Tulirose]

I love daffodils. All mine were bulbs a SIL gave me after digging them up from her own yard. (I have REALLY nice SIL's!)

The one thing about daffodils that makes me crazy, however, are leaving the foilage to turn brown so as to give energy to the bulb or whatever the story with that is. I have nothing in those areas to hide that ugly foilage. There must be something I can plant now to help that situation next year. Suggestions?

 

[MarkRG]

I usually plant annuals in the tulip bed as soon as the bulbs start wilting, as it tends to disguise the dieback without interfering their need to re-energize for next spring.

 

[cgcw]

In our area, there is an annual plant sale done by a local garden club. They sell daffodil bulbs 12 for $1.00. Too much of a bargain for me to pass up. So, I take them home, dry them out and plant them right away. That way I'm ahead of the game and have never had a problem. Also I've dried them out and froze them until fall. In fact, I'll need to check the deep freeze. I think there's a bag of them just waiting for a permanent home!.

 

[Snowwark]

I'm going to plant some behind my early blooming, bright orange Geum!!

Thank you Mamu!

 

[shep]

I like daffodils too, but last year mine didn't do too well, hopefully they will do better next year..

 

[Ranatra]

I found some pink daffodils I'm dying to have.

And, the deer won't bother these like the tulips.

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