Maintain the daffodils according to their needs
If the daffodils feel at home in one location, the following characteristics of these plants ensure their continued existence and long-term spread:
- the perenniality of the hardy onions
- vegetative reproduction under the surface of the earth
- the spread via seeds
You can have a positive effect on the energy balance of the daffodils if you cut off the flowers after they have blossomed. But let the leaves stand until they turn yellow by themselves and can be easily peeled off. In this way, the daffodils can still store energy in the onions for the following year.
Position the daffodils correctly
So that the slowly wilting leaves do not interfere with the look, you can place the bulbs of the daffodils in the middle and rear area of one Plant perennial beds. So these will be after withering until Care cut covered by other plants.
Tips
Immediately after flowering, you can have the daffodils in your garden with a low-phosphate Complete fertilizerfertilize
. In this way, these nutrients can be stored directly in the bulbs for flowering in the following year.
