My sunny spring display on the bookshelves gave me an idea for a post about Daffodils especially as the few WI bulbs I helped plant on the grass verge in front of the bungalow are just beginning to look good. I did query the plan of planting any here because the council come along and cut this bit several times each summer and if you cut the leaves off daffodils too soon they come up blind the next year.......or not at all. We shall see.
More WI bulbs were planted by members on the very oldest graves in the churchyard and they've all come up and should spread to make a good show in future years.
And sometime in the future perhaps they will look like these, planted on the bank outside the churchyard several years ago.
Of course there is a Daffodil Fairy in the Cecily Mary Barker book
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I love to see daffodils and this post reminded me of planting some all around the village many years ago, when I was in the Girl Guides. Sadly, the ones in the supermarket this week looked a bit sorry for themselves. I gave them a miss and treated myself to some yellow roses instead. X
ReplyDeleteWe have a slope opposite my house that was planted up with bulbs decades ago by the people in the houses opposite. First crocuses and then daffs so it's a picture at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI remember it was started when my Dave was still a little boy and there were messages saying 'don't use this bit' which displeased him and his mates mightily as that's where they liked to play.
Anyway, each year the council doesn't mow that section until June time although they do the rest of the slope and field. Maybe something can be arranged for your area too - obviously it can be done.
I'll walk up later on and take some photos. :-)
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Massed daffodils look absolutely glorious, I think. Hope yours out the front don't get cut down by an overenthusiastic (or careless) Council worker.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils planted in large masses are quite the picture of Spring. You are right, daffodils need to die back. Only cut them back after the leaves have turned browned. If cut prior to turning brown, the plant dies. I think you can mow snow drops after the bloom is gone.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing daffodils in spring. They are a real bright patch after a dark winter.
ReplyDeleteMany houses in the old section of town have lawns and verges overrun with some sort of spring bulb, daffodils, crocus. It is a lovely sight.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving seeing all the daffodils along the roads here at the moment, there are some magnificent displays. Garstang has a team of volunteer gardeners that keep everything looking beautiful and very fresh and they win the town awards most years.
ReplyDeleteI love daffodils. They remind me of Mum as she always had them growing. My sister sent me a photo of the pot outside Mum's flat and sure enough there are daffodils growing.
ReplyDeleteIn the woods where I walk there are lots and lots of them growing wild. At one time the place was a farm for patients from the asylum. They must have grown them but they continue to grow all over the place. It really is marvelous to see and such a nice sign of the coming spring.