Daffodils brighten your garden with their colorful and sweet-smelling blossoms and can last 4-6 weeks.
By Sharon Dent
Daffodils are one of the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring. It is gone fast though. Luckily the bloom period can be lengthened with succession planting of daffodils that bloom early, late, and in-between. In January the first foliage starts to peek up above the soil. Then 4-6 weeks later the flowers start appearing and the blooms also last 4-6 weeks and the plant foliage starts fading. Following are types of daffodils that bloom on different schedules.
Early – Barrett Browning, Tete a Tete, February Gold, Little Gem, and Rijnveld’s Early Sensation
Mid-Spring – Cheerfulness, Jet Fire
Late – Pheasant Eye
Happy blooms all spring long.
Garland County Master Gardener Life Member, Sharon Dent, volunteers with GC Master Gardeners of the UofA Div. of Agriculture, Cooperative Ext. Service. Master Gardeners pool skills and resources to improve home horticulture, stimulate interest in plants and gardening, and encourage beautification. For more information, call 501-623-6841 or email adykes@uaex.edu.
