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- The daffodil - Profile of a spring messenger
- Wanted poster of the daffodil
- Maintaining daffodils properly in the time after flowering
- Caution: daffodils are poisonous
- Tips
As beautiful as she looks, the daffodil is very poisonous
The daffodil - Profile of a spring messenger
The daffodil is in many gardens and parks one of the first splashes of a young season. This daffodil species has bright yellow flowers and can grow into sprawling populations at a suitable location after planting with little maintenance.
Next article Planting daffodils in the gardenWanted poster of the daffodil
Maintaining daffodils properly in the time after flowering
Compared to other plants, it is noticeable that the actual growing season of the daffodils is limited to a short period in the spring. During most of the year, the onions in the soil serve as over-life organs. Depending on whether seeds are to ripen on the plants or not, withered flowers can be removed sooner or later. With the mostly optically motivated care and cutting measures you should consider that the plants with their leaves store solar energy for the following year in the bulbs. Therefore, the leaves should not be removed after flowering until they turn yellow.
Caution: daffodils are poisonous
Actually, in the case of perennial and winter-hardy daffodils, there is seldom the need to excavate them again after planting anyway. Take care:
The juice of the daffodils triggers in the time until hand washing, although usually no symptoms of intoxication, but can lead to skin irritation.
Tips
Easter bells are grateful spring messengers that can be largely left to themselves at a suitable location. Therefore, you are a good alternative to tulips, if you want to plant spring-wet locations or if you want to bring color into the often barren perennial flowerbed in March. Hidden behind other shrubs, even after flowering, the leaves of the daffodil do not disturb you as much as standing free in a meadow.