My husband is horrified by the title of this post, as daffodils are his favourite flowers. I love them too, but I don't love them dying a long and grisly death all over my lovely spring blooms. The problem is, you can't cut the leaves back or tie them up until they are well and truly brown and dead, according to Googleculture. Daffodils gather lots of nutrients for flowering the next year as the plant dies. So, it's best just to camoflage them with annuals. They are ready to remove when you pull the leaves and they come out easily. You can give them a feed then, too.
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| Dying daffodils remind me of those messy women you see at this time of year staggering and splatting at the races. |
Did I mention I killed most of the parsley seedlings a few weeks ago by planting them out in almost pure cow manure? Well I did. I waited a bit and then spread some potting mix over the top and planted the cottage blue salvia seedlings in the same spot today. Here are some of the pink roses that have started blooming:
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| Cecil Brunner |
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| Bonnica |
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| Mary Rose |
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| Pale pink Iceberg |
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| Sharifa Asma |
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