Daffodils

Anyone who has ever seen the movie Doctor Zhivago with Julie Christie and Omar Sharif can never forget the fields of daffodils. The yellow daffodil flowers symbolized Lara, Julie Christie's character, the running theme throughout the narrative. If you haven't seen the movie you should, it's a 5 Academy Award winner. The fields of daffodils are some of the most evocative flower display scenes ever filmed.

Well you can very easily have the same beautiful flowers in your yard to bloom every March, April and May. They are one of the first flowers to bloom and is always an uplifting surprise full with the promise of spring.

Daffodils mid April Northeastern Washington State

Daffodils maybe the easiest and most dependable to grow of all flowers. They are very hardy and virtually pest free and animals like deer will not bother them. The common daffodil bulbs are not expensive and you can buy sacks of them in most garden centers at a reasonable price. The bulbs multiply and a patch will grow over the years.

Daffodils like sunny locations with moist and well drained soil. They don't like high nitrogen concentration in the soil, so straight manure or any high-nitrogen fertilizer should be avoided. It is important not to cut back the leaves until they are brown and dead. After blooming, the leaves enable the bulb to get ready to bloom for next year.

Plant a bunch in the fall, water until the rains come and early next spring when everything else is dead or still dormant, the yellow flowers will suddenly appear and you'll know that everything is on the right track.

Learn all about daffodils at: American Daffodil Society