RE: Bulbs
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Bulbs
- From: P* S*
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:13:04 -0800
I don't know about the ADS, but most of my bulbs are daffodils. The
information that I heard about taking the foliage off at any point after 3-4
weeks was *about* daffodils. I have since trimmed all my daffies at 3-4
weeks and they come back every year, bigger and better. I think it's valid.
Sue
SPesznec@lhs.org Milwaukie, OR.
> Sue, Ed Hume has said on his TV gardening show several times that the
> Tulip
> growers of Washington state cut the foliage in the fields 3 weeks after
> the
> Tulips bloom. Since thats what they do for a living, I figure they are on
> to something. I have treated my Tulips the same way with no deleterious
> effect. I don't remember hearing the same info about Daffs though. Does
> anyone know what the American Daffodil Society recommends?
> Marilyn Dube'
> NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
> Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
> Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
>
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