Comments on: Daffodils face down in the dirt

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:41:49 +0000

What is the best time to plant daffodils?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:53:54 +0000

Mine didn't flop over, but the tops now look scorched. Additionally, my tulips already look decapitated. I think the early summer heat has indeed done its damage. Looks like I'll be getting my summer annuals in the ground a bit a sooner than I planned to cover up the empty spots. Julie’s last blog post..Cover Crops Make Weeding and Pests Rare

By: Margaret Roach

Margaret Roach — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:39:40 +0000

Yes, just when some of my favorites were starting to bloom…toast. Seems to be inclined to cool a bit down the road here now, perhaps, but I think the damage is done. Maybe is we just go out and lie down, too, beside them in a posture of total surrender and empathy?

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:16:57 +0000

I think they get cooked by the heat. The unseasonable warmth knocked out all my Sanguinaria. It happens. Fortunately, it doesn't happen every year. Mr. McGregor's Daughter’s last blog post..The Relativity of Time

By: Garden Junkie

Garden Junkie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:51:48 +0000

We had the same weather over the weekend down here in Connectituct (hit 92 on Sunday). By this morning, I had to deadhead nearly every single one of the earlier daffs - totally brown, dried up, and flopped over. So sad.... Garden Junkie’s last blog post..When does a "yard" become a "garden"?

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:08:19 +0000

I couldn’t agree more, Cameron, and it’s even earlier for us than it is for you in North Carolina.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:07:06 +0000

Quite true, Donna, perfect weather is a rare treat, but we all think of it as our divine right.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:10 +0000

Kim, the ones that flopped over stayed flopped over. I am beginning to think it is a defect in the variety. If you look carefully in the second photo, you can see there is one flopped over behind the hellebores. It could even be their stems are not that sturdy and they get blown over easily.

By: Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden)

Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:30:12 +0000

It was 90+ yesterday and will be again today and a few more days after that. Too hot, too soon! Cameron Chapel Hill, North Carolina Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden)’s last blog post..Heat Wave in April

By: donna

donna — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:38:05 +0000

It was 83 here on Friday and then 43 and raining on Saturday and all my daffodils have fallen over from the rain. What happened to perfect weather? Oh, that's right.....there is no such thing. donna’s last blog post..Yellow Fever