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Post by Jasmine on Dec 14, 2008 12:35:07 GMT
Did anyone else plant Paperwhite Daffodils to bring in over Christmas? I brought mine indoors last weekend and the flowers are now open. I wasn't really planning on them flowering exactly in time for Christmas (which is just as well)!  They smell gorgeous! Has anyone managed to get them to flower again the next year? I tried a couple of years ago but just got very short leaves. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 14, 2008 14:46:38 GMT
How lovely Jasmine, well done. ;D I wish I'd done some but there's always next year.
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 14, 2008 16:52:51 GMT
Those look good Jasmine. Sometimes I buy them ready potted but this year they only had bridal crown ones and I do not like the smell of those indoors. Too strong. With a little luck they have other ones in January and I will bring them indoors. Do you plant yours out after they are spend? You can be quite succesful with that. Just once the flowers are gone, put the pot outside in a sheltered place and dig in when the leaves are going over. Ah and mark where you left them as summer digging will otherwise split them. Been there done it  |
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 14, 2008 17:19:11 GMT
Thank you LNG and Dutchy.
Dutchy - I put some out in their pot a couple of years ago with the idea that I would bring them in again the following year but all I got the second year were stumpy leaves. The bulbs were still healthy but I gave up on them. (The flowers in the photo come from bulbs I bought this year). Have you managed to get them to re-flower? I thought I'd read somewhere that they don't like frost but perhaps I am making that up as I go along? It would make them completely different to other daffodils/narcissus
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 14, 2008 18:04:44 GMT
Paperwhites are touch and go with frost but if you have a sheltered spot in your garden you could succeed.
I do not leave them in the pot but get them in full soil as the green is still on.
All strong ones reflower like mad but in the garden.
The Paperwhites I managed one mild winter in the front garden where drainage is good.
They flowered the next season but I lost them the next.
These lovely dafs are indeed more tender.
It is just that I thought that you are climate zone 5 instead of 7 to 8 what I am so you should have it easier to get them through.
If you have a spare bit of border why not give it a go?
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 14, 2008 18:56:10 GMT
I think you're right Dutchy - I shouldn't have left them in their pot last time. After this lot have done flowering I will plant them out in one of the sheltered flower beds and see what happens. Nothing to lose, and well worth a try!  |
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 15, 2008 10:37:23 GMT
Just found this bit of info from Sarah Raven if you want the bulbs to flower indoors the following year.
'Bear in mind that 'Paper White' narcissi are not hardy so, once they've finished flowering, leave them in their pots for next year or dry and re-pot late next summer.
I've had the same 'Paper White' bulbs flowering every winter for four years. So don't chuck them - store them.'
I'm going to dry some and re-plant them next autumn and try some in the garden and see what happens.
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 16, 2008 21:36:39 GMT
I bought some in flower from the GC in 2007. For 2008 I put them into a larger terracota pot and they did flower again although not as well. We'll have to see what they do next time |
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 17, 2008 18:37:43 GMT
Did they flower in spring the following year Chuckles?
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Post by Amo on Dec 18, 2008 5:37:09 GMT
And don't forget to feed!!! What you do now reflects on what the bulb is storing for next time.
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 18, 2008 20:10:50 GMT
What do you reckon - feed now or once they've finished flowering?  |
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Post by Amo on Dec 19, 2008 6:00:21 GMT
I'd start now with a quite dilute one. They've got to pack a lot into that bulb.
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Post by Jasmine on Dec 19, 2008 6:21:50 GMT
First feed this morning then. I will get those bulbs to flower again!
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 13:32:23 GMT
  I have been keeping an eye on this Spring Dawn narcissus since the beginning of January and it has finally opened. It was in bud all through that freezing cold weather and sometimes its stalk was frozen solid but it has finally come out. Spring Dawn is supposed to flower from January onwards and the clump by the front door always has its first flower around the middle of January. Next year I am going to get some narcissus Cedric Morris as they are supposed to flower around Christmas time. Has anyone else got daffodils in flower? |
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Post by Tig on Jan 18, 2009 14:08:19 GMT
Has anyone else got daffodils in flower? Nope - not even near budding in my garden Jasmine - but I enjoyed seeing yours ever so much!  x Tig |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 18, 2009 14:18:58 GMT
Has anyone else got daffodils in flower? Nope - not even near budding in my garden Jasmine - but I enjoyed seeing yours ever so much! x Tig You beat me to it Tig, was just about to post when some kids came to the door, model helicopter came over into my garden. I've only got the first signs of leaves pushing through in the garden and an odd tub. Great pic Jasmine really makes you realise the growing season has started, hoorah.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 14:33:34 GMT
Thank you for the nominations Tig and Chuckles!
Although my favourite season is summer (being a bit of a sun worshipper), daffodils are my favourite flower. They really do give you hope that spring is on its way.
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Post by Amo on Jan 18, 2009 15:05:48 GMT
Nope - not even near budding in my garden Jasmine - but I enjoyed seeing yours ever so much! x Tig You beat me to it Tig, was just about to post when some kids came to the door, model helicopter came over into my garden. I've only got the first signs of leaves pushing through in the garden and an odd tub. Great pic Jasmine really makes you realise the growing season has started, hoorah.  I have a few that are not far off opening. Last year they were out over Christmas but seem to have found their own pace now. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 15:17:31 GMT
Thanks for the nomination Amo - can't wait to see daffodils nodding in the breeze all over the place! |
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 18, 2009 15:41:05 GMT
Just caught up with this Jas,nice pic,i would have given you a nom for being the 1st Daff ive seen this year,well done |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 15:48:46 GMT
Thanks FB. I had to lay down on the drive on a groundsheet to get that photo - thank goodness we don't have many neighbours!
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 18, 2009 15:59:14 GMT
That i would have loved to have seen  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 16:20:28 GMT
;D
We only have neighbours on one side and they know I'm mad already!
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 18, 2009 18:43:26 GMT
;D
Lovely daf though and no not a single one showing buds yet.
Not even all are up yet.
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jan 18, 2009 18:45:48 GMT
Mine are just to say peeping through the ground!
S x
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Post by Auricula on Jan 18, 2009 19:08:48 GMT
My daffodils are well up and just beginning to bud |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 20:05:36 GMT
You will all add your daffodil photos won't you - when they come out! Hever Castle is one of my favourite places in spring, the daffodils grow in huge drifts. |
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 18, 2009 21:04:45 GMT
Is that so Jas,ive only been there once,and that was Aug or Sept,i remember a very nice show of Dahlias
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 18, 2009 21:18:34 GMT
It is well worth a visit in spring FB. There are daffodils as far as the eye can see in some parts of the gardens.
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Post by farmersboy on Jan 18, 2009 21:22:26 GMT
What month do you suggest
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