It is not necessary to cut back the daffodil leaves. When they become brown they will detach from the bulb and become leaf litter for the earthworms and other decomposers to utilize. However some gardeners want to use the space for other plants, and thus will want the leaves gone.
After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off at ground level.
After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.
Dahlias will grow and flower quite happily until cut down by frost. After they have been blackened cut them to ground level and lift and store the tubers.
it provides the cut flower energy it would other wise get from the leaves
After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.
Yes. Daffodils can cause vomiting and diarrhea in cats that eat any part of the plant, be it leaves, pods, or flowers.
Allow daffodils to stand at room temperature in water for at least six hours after they're cut.
If you're speaking of the bulb plants like daffodils, tulips and daffodils, don't cut them prematurely. You can cut the dead flower and its stem right after the flower dies. This prevents it from wasting its energy making seeds instead of storing food in the bulb for next year's plant. Let the leaves stay on the plant to make the food for storage - until they turn yellow and wither up.
After the daffodil/narcissus flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.
After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.
no. this is because daffodils are not poisonous. chocolate might kill cats though
Arthus Martin Kirby has written: 'Daffodils, narcissus, and how to grow them as hardy plants and for cut flowers' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Daffodils
Daffodils have to compete with its neighbors for available light, and it needs as much light as it can get to make food for the plant tissues and have enough left over to store in the bulb for next year's plant. The best way to do this is to have leaves that are long and flat to catch as much light as possible and not shade the neighboring daffodil leaves in the process.
After the daffodil flowers have faded, the plant needs to restore the nutrients that were used, so it can bloom the next year. The leaves must remain as stay green for this to happen. It takes about 4 weeks. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, you can cut the leaves off.
Daffodils are natives of southern Spain and Portugal, North Africa and West Asia. They could be found in meadows and woods. Today most of the daffodils are developed, produced and exported from Holland, and the United Kingdom is the leader in using and exporting cut daffodil flowers.