Daffodils---The Bulb of Choice for the Lazy Gardener

I confess, I am a lazy gardener.

Other than my vegetable gardening, I like plants which require minimal care and that is why when it comes to fall planting, I always recommended to my garden center customers, the daffodil as a superior fall bulb for spring planting.

Tulips most certainly come in such a variety of colors and the daffodil cannot compete with tulips assorted colors but unlike tulips:
　

• Daffodils will naturalize and when planted where they will be not be disturbed, daffodils will get better at the passing years as the bulbs multiply in numbers and the flowers multiply in beauty.

• Daffodils will provide many weeks of welcome color with minimal care.

• Daffodils are deer and rodent resistant.

• Daffodils do not just come in the familiar yellow trumpet flower shapes, but come in a variety of colors as yellow, oranges, whites, and pink. And a very pleasant surprise, many daffodils are fragrant which make for great indoor bouquets or indoor forcing.

• Like the tulips, daffodils can be selected and planted on the timing of their blooming periods: early, mid spring, and late. And there are some very small daffodils, which blend well when planted among the smaller sized blooming crocus and hyacinth bulbs.

Like all spring bulbs in the northeastern United States, daffodils need a cold dormancy period to bloom and can be planted under deciduous trees which do not have leaves when the bulbs are flowering.