I’m cutting back on the physical size of my garden, so am planting daffodils wherever there’s an empty space. So, my question is, “What do you do when a bulb has failed to grow and you want to plant a new bulb…
Category: Diseases and Pests
Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.
Question on herbicide use
A good friend of mine says that she thinks repeated use of Preen has a deleterious effect on her daffodils. She says she has lost lots of bulbs, and thinks Preen is the cause, even though it’s registered for use on…
Pink Perianths
Pink perianths are still as rare as hen’s teeth. John Reed has made a few standard P-P daffodils and Brian Duncan made Pink Perry although outside of N.Ireland it usually comes with a yellow perianth. Both Bob Spott’s and I…
daffLibrary – WOW and thanks
daffLibrary is wonderful. My profound thanks to Mary Lou Gripshover, Ben Blake, Nancy Tackett, Lynn Slackman, Harold Koopowitz, and everyone else involved! A tremendous, far sighted achievement. Special thanks to Dr. David Willis for making his excellent new book available…
Growing Iris after Daffodils
Does anyone have any advice about the suitability of growing iris (bearded) in the same ground after the daffodil bulbs are lifted please?
Update on Using Bleach as a Post-Lifting Daffodil Bulb Dip
In The Daffodil Journal, Volume 48, Issue 3 (March 2012), pages 214 – 216, you will find my article on using bleach (sodium hypochlorite) as a post-lifting daffodil bulb dip. In the article, I mentioned that plain bleach (no additives)…