Thursday, September 10, 2009

GROW DAFFODILS, NATURALLY

GO WILD THIS FALL WITH DAFFODILS THAT, PLANTED NOW, WILL BLOOM NEXT SPRING AND FOR YEARS TO COME

Happy little harbingersof spring,daffodils are dollar for dollar the best buys in the bulb bins.They're generally inexpensive and adaptable to most climates;squirrels and deer usually don't eat them; and while other bulbs decline and die out, daffodils increase in number and bloom better year after year. While it's fine to plant daffodils in borders, beds, or pots, these spring-flowering bulbs, with their grassy foliage, look most at home in a more instructured settings. This is referred to as ''naturalizing'', which simply means that bulbs are planted randomly in masses and left to grow and multiply by themselves. Naturalizing bulbs like daffodils is an easy weekend project-so simple, in fact, that once you get started you might find hard to stop.

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