Daffodil Growing & Showing
Clay Higgins
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Fall is the time to plant daffodils and must bulbs. It's that time when the soil has to be dug and refreshed like last months article, and time for the bulbs to go down.
It's time for daffodil planting in my zone 7 almost zone 6, and that means preparing daffodil beds. Daffodils like sunshine, and rich well drained soil that has a high organic content.
Historic Daffodils are not only from out past, but are living and providing beauty in our gardens today.
July, the hotest month in my state of Maryland, is also the month for digging daffodil bulbs. The daffodil foliage has died back or is dying back and going dormant as it is now six to eight weeks after the bloom period. As the daffodils go to their dormant period, it's ...
It's That Time Of The Year For Daffodils
It's that time of year again, messy daffodil foliage is here. Is there anything we can do? How about companion planting? Here's some answers.
World Daffodil Society, Daffodil Show
Peter Ramsay and his World Daffodil Council Committee (Craig Broadfield, Clay Higgins, Tony James, Nancy Tackett) have produced a schedule for a "virtual daffodil show" to be placed on Internet. The show is proposed to be implemented on 1 July.
I keep getting surprises in my daffodil garden each week. Two weeks beyond my normal daffodil season, I still have some beauties in the garden.
The last day of April was a wonder in my garden. Usually at this time of the year, the daffodils are a dead headed scene. This year, daffodils are late and so is my garden.
Daffodils, the Last Week in April
My mid season daffodils should be gone, but on April 19th and 20th, I was showing them in New Jersey and New York as my home show in Washington DC was long gone, and there was nothing for me to show.
Daffodils, the Third Week in April
The end of the thrid week in April saw sunshine and warm weather. With that pleasant weather the daffodil came popping our of the ground and into their glory. Some very brilliant pictures came about. Take a look at this article and see.