Wanted poster of the daffodil
- Botanical name: Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Origin: Central Europe and North Africa
- Usage: ornamental plant in the garden, cut flower
- Height: about 35 to 40 centimeters
- Shape and color of the leaves: 4 - 6 basal and lanceolate leaves with a blunt end and a blue-green color
- Flower shape: tube of 6 intergrown petals in front of a crown-shaped, six-pointed flower, hangs nodding on the stem
- Flower color: light yellow
- Flowering period: March to April
- Perennial: Yes, propagation by seeds and bulbs
- Winter hardy: onions as survival organs, fully hardy in the ground
- Toxic: Yes, strongest concentration of poison in the onions - Effects: vomiting, diarrhea, cardiac arrhythmias with fatal consequences
Take care of daffodils properly after flowering
In comparison to other plants it is noticeable that the actual growing season is the Daffodils limited to a short period in spring. For most of the year, the onions in the soil serve as persistence organs. Depending on whether seeds are to ripen on the plants or not, withered flowers can be removed sooner or later. With the mostly optically motivated
Care and pruning measures you should keep in mind that the plants and their leaves provide solar energy for the Flowering in the following year store in the onions. Hence the leaves should after flowering can only be removed when they have turned yellow.also read
- The optimal care for the daffodil
- Daffodils - the optimal care after flowering
- The heyday of the daffodils
Caution: daffodils are poisonous
Actually, with the perennial and winter-hardy daffodils, it is seldom necessary to change them after the planting to dig up again. But be careful:
- Never store the onions of the daffodils next to table onions due to the risk of confusion
- Do not leave any onions lying around within the reach of children or pets
- not getting any sap on the skin when cutting daffodils for the vase
The juice of the daffodils does not usually cause any symptoms of poisoning in the time it takes to wash your hands, but it can cause skin irritation.
Tips
Daffodils are grateful harbingers of spring that can largely be left to their own devices in a suitable location. Therefore, they are a good alternative to tulips if you want to plant areas that are wet in spring or you want color in those areas that are often rather bare in March Perennial bed want to bring. Hidden behind other perennials, the leaves of the daffodil are not as annoying after the flowering period as when standing free in a meadow.
