Author: Niels Benatar

3/36/2008 Germany

planting in layers

Dear all, Two quick questions: 1.  If I want to plant daffodils (or any other bulbs) and perennials (shrubs) in a flower bed, how do I best go about it?  Should I squeeze the daffodil bulbs down in between the…

blind daffodils

Happy Easter everyone, A few questions: if daffodils planted two years ago all had great blooms last year and only flowered in 25% of the plants this year, but all leaves appear to be healthy, would it make sense to…

loss of blooms in some daffodils

Dear Daffnetters, Some more questions from a novice: Two years ago, I planted hundreds of N. obvallaris, Standard Value and Arctic Gold in our backyard. During the first spring, all bulbs had great blossoms. This spring, I’ve “noticed” that only…

general questions from a novice

Hello all, Here are some very basic questions: When growing bulbocodiums, what type of soil or top-cover is best? From the many pictures I’ve seen, it looks like coarse rock or gravel or coarse sand is at least covering the…