Re: Daffodil/Daylily perennial bed

Yes, they will tend to rot, or so it says in the books.  My experience has been an
exception to the rule.  I have a bed of perennials and daffodils.  I started just
a few daffodils, but now there are tens if not hundreds of the original
daffodils.  I never took them out.  They just keep multiplying.  They are King
Alfred, bought by the dozen at a cheap garden center.  Just one man's experience!

Alex Teller

Blee811 wrote:

> One caution on extensive undeplanting with daffodils in a perennail bed:
> daffodils do not flourish in the summer with lots of wter--they will tend to
> rot instead, since they are largely dormant in the hot summer months.  If you
> plan to water these beds a lot during the summer, rethink using daffodils.  I
> do plant daffodils between daylilies extensively, but daylilies are so hearty
> they survive without any moisture other than rainfall.  That's the ideal for a
> daffodil planting.  One gardener I know of planted a rose border around a
> daffodil bed.  The watering of the roses wiped out all the daffodils in two
> years.
>
> Bill Lee
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