Re: miniature daffodils--summer dry

In a message dated 2/10/2003 6:40:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, ECPep@aol.com 
writes:

> I did put most of them in the rocks though I did not know that summer dry 
> was 
> good.  Maybe summer dry is good for all daffies.  Would that be right?

===>Exactly right, Claire. There are a few fall-blooming types that may 
require summer moisture, but I don't think they'll live in your climate or 
mine.  Daffodils are dormant in the summer and have no way to use moisture 
that I know of. Too much moisture can cause them to rot. I remember the story 
a big New Zealand hybridizer told on himself once--he planted some of his 
best daffodils on the edges of his rose bed. Of course he watered the roses 
frequently, which did in the daffodils.

If they truly want to be very dry in the summer, those of us that had the 
severe summer drought last year should have great daffodils this spring.
Bill Lee
Z6a Cincinnati

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