Daffodil Bulb Sizes

Daffodils are a favorite spring flower.

Daffodil bulb sizes.

Time and size is money in the bulb trade and in the green industry. The list below is a suggested list and was compiled using measurements provided to the royal horticultural society by the registrants as published in the international daffodil. 20 products 1 2. Daffodils are the preferred choice for people new to gardening with fall flower bulbs.

They are easy to plant require almost no maintenance and multiply rapidly. Select high quality daffodil bulbs that have not been dried out. This will cause the plant to grow without flowering. Hyacinths that are larger than 15 16 cm will tend to get too tall and fall over.

The most common problems with daffodils are. I have just a few other notes regarding the impact of bulb sizes. Daffodil smiling maestro short description. You may find that.

Perfect cut flower for early spring. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with a product s performance within the first growing season we encourage the customer to contact our customer service department. Plant bulbs 1 to 5 times their own depth. Our daffodils are shipped out between september through december.

If your daffodil buds have turned brown and withered before opening they ve been blasted by an unseasonal frost. But where the budget is tight and your patience or your client s patience is long smaller bulbs may be what you need. Please order as far in advance as possible in order to secure availability on specific daffodil and narcissus varieties. Available in the fall.

Plant them at a depth that s three times the bulb size. We ship our daffodil bulbs in the fall. These vigorous long lived flower bulbs thrive in sunny well drained places are shunned by hungry deer and voles and will prosper and multiply with little care on your part. Some bulbs easily naturalize asiatic oriental daffodil so when planning a garden it may be wise to purchase a smaller quantity to allow for adequate spacing.

How to plant daffodils. The larger the bulb the better. Colorblends prides itself on shipping big daffodil bulbs for maximum impact in the landscape the first spring after planting. Daffodils plant genus narcissus are the first visible signs of spring.

Intermediate flower measurements diameter were amended in 2002 to include daffodils whose bloom size is typically above 50 mm up to 80 mm 2 3 1 8. Where winters are severe make sure there are at least 3 inches of soil covering the bulb. Daffodils will tolerate some crowding but they prefer to be spaced about 3 to 6 inches. Gardeners find many uses for daffodil bulbs including bedding cutting naturalizing and forcing.

Daffodils are excellent cut flowers. As with most flower bulbs narcissus are graded by size and measured in centimeters around the waist of the bulb.