Daffodils

I have just had some very late for us down South really delicate , small white triandras (I think) come into flower. I don’t remember planting them and haven’t a clue to their name. But they are beautiful.

But get some more of those.

Gingster

What to do with many flower pots with the daffs in. I can’t leave them as I want to fill my pots with summer plants. Where shall I put the daffs.?
I have a tiny garden so my pots are important.

Once the foliage has died the bulbs will be dormant. You could either dig them out and store them to replant in the autumn or just overplant them.

What to do with many flower pots with the daffs in. I can’t leave them as I want to fill my pots with summer plants. Where shall I put the daffs.?
I have a tiny garden so my pots are important.

I do eventually manage to deadhead daffodils and tulips but very late.
This year the front garden is a carpet of red tulips, really garish, as a result of self seeding.

I always remove the bulb head as soon as the petals begin to wilt. Never tie the leaves as some do.

My SIL gave me a bagful of bulbs being thrown out by the commercial growers nearly 40 years ago and about half of them still give me a lovely display without any feeding or help at all.

I deadheaded all those in my window boxes. Those in the bank outside will have to sort themselves out as I just don’t have time right now and there are hundreds of them.

To my knowledge, deadheading has no role in blind daffodils. It’s all about leaving the foliage for at least 8 weeks after flowering. Dead heading is good, but not for that reason.

Thanks for the reminder

But you need to just literally take off the head and nothing more preferably before it starts to make seed. Then all the stalks and leaves put all the goodness into the bulbs so you dont get blind daffs next year. Yes they will do their own thing but this does improve your chances next year.

My mum moved into a house with beautiful flower beds and in spring the daffs were plentiful and really healthy. She started doing "the old way" of caring for them. Within 6 yrs they were gone. I'm not saying she didn't have green fingers but she kept insisting this is what you do. Dead head them, tie them in knots. Then she started on the carnations..... how on earth she raised us kids is a miracle . Sorry mum

I was a bit concerned as i thought they are poisonous to cats? And in those days my cat was younger and went out all the time (he's now 19 nxt month) but they were at front so i think he just ignored them really.

One house i had previously had a lot pop up when spring came around,i never fed or deadheaded them(im not a gardening type) but they came up every year for 11 years i was there.😀

Can anyone think of a better use for a five pound note than a paper bag full of daffy bulbs to plant? Little bursts of sunshine popping out everywhere

All good advice but I just leave mine they are all just in grassy semi woodland edge. However one patch is in the middle of some grass where I don’t want them it has been just cut for years as soon as it flowers. Persistent. Little whatnots they keep coming back and flowering despite the harsh treatment .

Some gardeners tie the leaves back and that's not a good idea either.
I used to do that with raffia but then read that it's not a good idea so just leave them now, they look untidy but less work.

Deadheading them prevents seeds developing . When seeds develop the plant weakens.
It's important not to cut the foliage back .
Some gardeners tie the leaves back and that's not a good idea either.

Just a warning to anyone using blood and bone meal, it attracts foxes. They then dig up the plants.

It's really important not to cut them back until they die back naturally, the same applies to tulips and Hyacinths etc, thats what feeds the bulbs up for next year

Cabowich

I've been told several times not to deadhead them or cut them back until the leaves have started to go brown.

Yes, you are supposed to deadhead the flowers but leave the leaves to die back.

Although I didn't deadhead them last year, nor give them any feed and they have flowered just as well this year.

🤔

If you are using fish, blood and bone make sure to wear gloves.
I do deadhead but I’ve noticed lots of daffodils have appeared this year in our mini orchard that I haven’t planted. I think when the garden was renovated they must have got buried and have finally triumphantly reappeared.

Done.

I never deadhead mine, either.

They all survive, apart from some that I inherited from the previous owners of our house which have been crowded out by my plantings and have more or less disappeared. I don't mind because they were the big trumpet sort and I prefer much smaller ones. I grow them in various containers and they give me great pleasure.

Although I dead head my daffodils I often wonder why I do it. Wild and naturalised daffodils, as in planted by the county council, are never dead headed, yet grow in abundance year on year.

I've been told several times not to deadhead them or cut them back until the leaves have started to go brown.

I never do mine and they come back bigger every year. I also never cut the leaves back or tie them but let them rot.