THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, November 13, 1994 TAG: 9411100025
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
Daffodils provide years of colorful blooms with little or no care. Bulbs are inexpensive and now is the time to plant them.
Do not separate the small bulblets from the large bulb when you plant them. They will grow into full-size bulbs to bloom next year. Plant daffodils 6 inches deep (from the top of the soil to top of the bulb). Fertilize after planting with 8-8-8 or Bulb Booster and again next spring before the plants bloom. Water thoroughly after planting.
Yellow remains the most popular color, but there are all-white and variegated varieties with cups of orange, pink and yellow. SOW PERENNIAL SEED
If you like native plants, wild flowers and many other perennials that spread from seed, collect the seed now from rudbeckia, goldenrod, money plant, and blackberry lily and sow it where you want it to grow next year. BEWARE PLASTIC SHEETING
Don't use black plastic sheeting for mulching plants. It's been in use for many years, and some landscapers still put it around plants before applying bark mulch. Black plastic doesn't ``breathe,'' o neither do the plant roots. It also causes roots to rise to the surface. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
Now is the time to plant daffodil bulbs for carefree blooms next
spring and for years to come.
by CNB