Question

Daffodils.  Is it just a case of plant the bulbs and they come up every year ?Daffodils. Is it just a case of plant the bulbs and they come up every year ?  

Answer 1

As simple as that. When th flowers start to die, remove them so they don't put their energy into producing seeds. Leave foliage to die back naturally (about 6 weeks) that feeds the bulbs for next years flowers.  

Answer 2

They will if you let the foliage die down for a few weeks after the flowers finish even though it may look untidy

Answer 3

Yes all bulbs.  

Answer 4

Yes! Cut the flowers if you want but let the leaves die back themselves. That way they feed the bulbs ready for the following year.  

Answer 5

Always dead head them or they go blind and don't flower again

Comments

@subulate my mum used to say don't pick it or you'll go blind. I didn't realise it was staffs she was talking about.  

Answer 6

Yes mine do. Some people dig them up but I font x

Answer 7

Ok thank you

Answer 8

There all over Fields ect just thought they seemed to need no care lol

Comments

@christi2 that's exactly my theory/mantra. You see many many things growing without any intervention and they seem to do ok so I kind of just leave my stuff to do its thing  

Answer 9

Does anybody know anywhere reputable to buy the bulbs ? Preferably online

Answer 10

I've been in my house 6 year and the old tenants must have planted some as every year they grow. I havent had to do anything to help them along. They just seem to pop up.  

Answer 11

Yeap. Virtually no effort involved  

Answer 12

Any ideas where to buy

Answer 13

I got mine in wilkos wrong time of year to plant them now though. I put mine in November and they have come up really well

Answer 14

These were some i cut the other day from the garden

Answer 15

Now my opinion is they look good for a week or three and then look scraggly for 2 months and so I plant them in pots. You enjoy the display and then put them out of sight. Works a treat  

Answer 16

I tie the leaves together to tidy them up  takes a while but looks better than the beginning spread over the garden