The claim is that they stay away from Daffy's cuz they're mildly poisonous and taste nasty.
But I used to live in New Jersey where you couldn't look in any direction without seeing a deer. IF they get hungry enough, they'll eat them.
Why don't deer eat daffodils?
Just a matter of taste I guess. It is for the same reason that we don't eat certain foods...we don't like them. There are many plants that deer will ignore and others, like trillium, that they will wipe out. There are many lists of deer resistant plants but I still think it is a matter of taste. Many of these plants are yellow but this is not the rule written in stone. I have hundreds of daffodils planted at the edge of the woods and not one has ever been eaten by deer.
Reply:I have no idea, but I wish they did.
Monday, January 30, 2012
My daffodils are coming up now... much too early! help!?
I live in Tallahassee, FL and it has been unusually warm this winter. Some of my daffodils are starting to come up, and they will certainly freeze before spring because it definitely will get colder! Does anyone have any advice to protect them and/or to keep the rest from coming up?
Also if anyone knows anything about irises, this is the first year I've planted them, and they are all coming up too. But I don't know if this is normal or not?
Thanks!
My daffodils are coming up now... much too early! help!?
They'll be OK! I live in Ontario, where it's been a mild winter too, and ALL the bulbs are responding to the sunlight! In preparation for when it's bound to be freezing, lightly mound mulch / leaves / compost / grass cuttings over and around your bulbs, and they'll be protected against frostbite. Your mulch will insulate any above-ground growth from getting "burnt" by the frost. The bulbs below-ground will survive whatever winter weather you have. And then wait for spring! Enjoy !
Reply:I live in NC and my tulips and daffodils are coming up also. I think last year the daffodils tried to come out early, but they stopped and actually finished blooming when they were supposed to. This weather is crazy....
Put a lot of mulch around them!!! They'll be okay!!
Reply:I never thought of daffs in Florida. In Washington they come up when they want and people get worried. I work in a nursery and comfort them. They will slow down when they get cold. If you are really worried you could put a bit of mulch around them until frosts are over, then remove it.
Irises are very easy as long as they have good drainage and some sun. We can't really make them go back down, trust them to do what they need to do to survive.
Reply:My daffodils start every November. They always die back for the winter and start again in the spring. It's just what they do. I suppose with the right temperatures they think it's spring. I wouldn't worry about it. As for the iris', as mine are dying back right now, new shoots are coming up at the same time. This is normal. I planted re-blooming iris' in the fall of last year. They bloomed in the late spring and summer. Then they bloomed again in the fall. Now I have one that is blooming for the third time even though all of the others are dying back. Bulbs seem to live in their own little world. As long as you water and feed them they do just fine.
Reply:ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Reply:Let them come up but if there is danger of a frost then get cardboard boxes that will fit over the plants and that will protect them. Before you cover the plants make sure you water everything down. Cold air is dry air and that is usually what kills plants during a freeze. Get some bricks or rocks to secure the boxes in place and if there will be rain with the cold front then cover the boxes with trash bags. Do not use the plastic directly on the plants. That should protect your plants until danger of frost has passed. Good Luck and Happy Gardening!
Also if anyone knows anything about irises, this is the first year I've planted them, and they are all coming up too. But I don't know if this is normal or not?
Thanks!
My daffodils are coming up now... much too early! help!?
They'll be OK! I live in Ontario, where it's been a mild winter too, and ALL the bulbs are responding to the sunlight! In preparation for when it's bound to be freezing, lightly mound mulch / leaves / compost / grass cuttings over and around your bulbs, and they'll be protected against frostbite. Your mulch will insulate any above-ground growth from getting "burnt" by the frost. The bulbs below-ground will survive whatever winter weather you have. And then wait for spring! Enjoy !
Reply:I live in NC and my tulips and daffodils are coming up also. I think last year the daffodils tried to come out early, but they stopped and actually finished blooming when they were supposed to. This weather is crazy....
Put a lot of mulch around them!!! They'll be okay!!
Reply:I never thought of daffs in Florida. In Washington they come up when they want and people get worried. I work in a nursery and comfort them. They will slow down when they get cold. If you are really worried you could put a bit of mulch around them until frosts are over, then remove it.
Irises are very easy as long as they have good drainage and some sun. We can't really make them go back down, trust them to do what they need to do to survive.
Reply:My daffodils start every November. They always die back for the winter and start again in the spring. It's just what they do. I suppose with the right temperatures they think it's spring. I wouldn't worry about it. As for the iris', as mine are dying back right now, new shoots are coming up at the same time. This is normal. I planted re-blooming iris' in the fall of last year. They bloomed in the late spring and summer. Then they bloomed again in the fall. Now I have one that is blooming for the third time even though all of the others are dying back. Bulbs seem to live in their own little world. As long as you water and feed them they do just fine.
Reply:ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Reply:Let them come up but if there is danger of a frost then get cardboard boxes that will fit over the plants and that will protect them. Before you cover the plants make sure you water everything down. Cold air is dry air and that is usually what kills plants during a freeze. Get some bricks or rocks to secure the boxes in place and if there will be rain with the cold front then cover the boxes with trash bags. Do not use the plastic directly on the plants. That should protect your plants until danger of frost has passed. Good Luck and Happy Gardening!
Garden in Cumbria whose woodland slopes are aglow with thousands of daffodils in spring (5,4)?
this is a question in a crossword and so far I have the following letters
U_O_N_A_G I have spent couple of hours on internet and still I cannot come up with an answer, can you help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Garden in Cumbria whose woodland slopes are aglow with thousands of daffodils in spring (5,4)?
Could you have some letters wrong? Acorn Bank would fit, it's a garden in Cumbria with more than 60 varieties of daffodils and narcissus.
Visual C++ opengl code request
U_O_N_A_G I have spent couple of hours on internet and still I cannot come up with an answer, can you help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Garden in Cumbria whose woodland slopes are aglow with thousands of daffodils in spring (5,4)?
Could you have some letters wrong? Acorn Bank would fit, it's a garden in Cumbria with more than 60 varieties of daffodils and narcissus.
Visual C++ opengl code request
I'm in Zones 3-4?
I'm looking for something new to put in my garden. Besides tulips, roses, daffodils, petunias, etc... what is a nice unique flower I can get that will hold up great outside in my zones. Let me know what you've had luck with.
I'm in Zones 3-4?
Go to your local garden supply store. They have everything you need.
Reply:How about some azaleas or hydrangeas. Lilacs smell good. Lily, iris's, astilbe, mmmmm, let me think. If you want something old fashioned try bleeding hearts. All of these are perennials!
I'm in Zones 3-4?
Go to your local garden supply store. They have everything you need.
Reply:How about some azaleas or hydrangeas. Lilacs smell good. Lily, iris's, astilbe, mmmmm, let me think. If you want something old fashioned try bleeding hearts. All of these are perennials!
Pre-Calculus Question?
Ali simply loves pastel colors. In fact, she plans to paint each room of her four-room apartment in a pastel color. If she has 7 different colors from which to choose, how many different coloring schemes can she use if:
a. each room could be painted any one of the colors?
b. each room must be painted a different color?
c. each room must be painted using either robin's egg blue or daffodil yellow?
Pre-Calculus Question?
7*7*7*7=2401
7*6*5*4=840
2*2*2*2=16
a. each room could be painted any one of the colors?
b. each room must be painted a different color?
c. each room must be painted using either robin's egg blue or daffodil yellow?
Pre-Calculus Question?
7*7*7*7=2401
7*6*5*4=840
2*2*2*2=16
When do tulips blossom?
I planted tulips last autumn along with daffodils, The daffodils are about to blossom any day now, however the tulips are just about poking through the ground
When do tulips blossom?
I am in yorkshire and in a sheltered spot in my garden AND dispite recent weather I have a whole bunch of them
in flower
Reply:"When it's Spring Again, I'll Dream Again..."
Spring, I think.
That's when I steal them from the Council parks and gardens...
Reply:Bulbs i would say early summer- early spring.
Reply:I plated tulips about 5 years ago and still to this day the only thing that comes through the ground is the leaves. There has never been a bloom on them. Maybe this is your case too. If there isn't a bloom by April then more than likely they aren't going to bloom.
Reply:bulbs are not like seeds. they grow really fast.
Reply:Well, I've planted the same combinition too... We have a very alternative weather here and they just freez after sprouting... but dont worry... Tulips will flower too... If you want to have flowers next year, fertilize them now and after you remove the spent blossoms...
Reply:by Spring season they will surely bloom.
Reply:if the season keep to schedule around about March-April sometimes a little bit after the daffodils
Reply:Q : [When do tulips blossom?,...].
A : { See%26gt;%26gt;;
" Just, wait a bit ! "
" Your Tulips, will require at least 3 weeks, to grow up,
in to blossom! "
Hence,
** The tulip required the weather,
can be varied between 10 centigrade degree in the night ,
to about 20 centigrade degree in the day time ,and the wet
ground, to be able to grow up for blossom!.
** While the season keep to schedule, the tulips blossom are
around about March-April.
** Sometimes these will be happened, a little bit after the
daffodils. }.
OK
Mercy
A77p
Reply:Generally,in May.However the recent mild winter in the Uk has encouraged growth.
Locally,tulips are 2-3 inches out of the soil.
We've had hard frost lately,they're looking sad,but will recover when Spring arrives.
When do tulips blossom?
I am in yorkshire and in a sheltered spot in my garden AND dispite recent weather I have a whole bunch of them
in flower
Reply:"When it's Spring Again, I'll Dream Again..."
Spring, I think.
That's when I steal them from the Council parks and gardens...
Reply:Bulbs i would say early summer- early spring.
Reply:I plated tulips about 5 years ago and still to this day the only thing that comes through the ground is the leaves. There has never been a bloom on them. Maybe this is your case too. If there isn't a bloom by April then more than likely they aren't going to bloom.
Reply:bulbs are not like seeds. they grow really fast.
Reply:Well, I've planted the same combinition too... We have a very alternative weather here and they just freez after sprouting... but dont worry... Tulips will flower too... If you want to have flowers next year, fertilize them now and after you remove the spent blossoms...
Reply:by Spring season they will surely bloom.
Reply:if the season keep to schedule around about March-April sometimes a little bit after the daffodils
Reply:Q : [When do tulips blossom?,...].
A : { See%26gt;%26gt;;
" Just, wait a bit ! "
" Your Tulips, will require at least 3 weeks, to grow up,
in to blossom! "
Hence,
** The tulip required the weather,
can be varied between 10 centigrade degree in the night ,
to about 20 centigrade degree in the day time ,and the wet
ground, to be able to grow up for blossom!.
** While the season keep to schedule, the tulips blossom are
around about March-April.
** Sometimes these will be happened, a little bit after the
daffodils. }.
OK
Mercy
A77p
Reply:Generally,in May.However the recent mild winter in the Uk has encouraged growth.
Locally,tulips are 2-3 inches out of the soil.
We've had hard frost lately,they're looking sad,but will recover when Spring arrives.
Spring - is there any sign of it where you live?
Here in SE-London some early daisies on my lawn. Snow drops sprouting all over the place. Early shoots of daffodils showing. A few early sprouting leaflets on some shrubs. Local gang of magpies making whoopie like they'e getting read to start nesting. Likewise the Crow Gang further down my lane.
Spring - is there any sign of it where you live?
i live 2 mile outside RYE IN EAST SUSSEX AND IV GOT LOADS OF DAFFS.SHOWING , ALSO THE BIRDS ARE BEGINING ME WAKE ME EARLY IN THE MORNING , Ohhh its a great way to wake up, spring its my favourite time of the year
Reply:Yes, I can't believe it. 12 Celsius (daytime high) and has not dropped below 10 since new year and only gone under that once or twice in Dec.
I live in Fareham on the South Coast. My plum tree has sprung leaves some of my fuchsias never lost all of them and my South African Daisies never lost any. Naturally the daf's are out in force.
Reply:Here in Michigan, I'm along Lake Michigan and it is -9 (C), and we are buried in snow, expecting more snow, and expecting even more snow. Even my squirrels are hibernating right now!
Reply:Just got back from Kota Kinabalu where the weather is fine in the day and raining in the night, got some fish out on the reefs, caught a couple of tunas (3 pounders) and couple of 15 pounders, plenty of small fish. Back in Hongkong the weather was really bad, 12 deg. c. with slight drizzle, no sign of spring in my loins yet. When I do see some signs will definitely let you know.
Reply:Hi Clive ,,,,,Here in Rockhampton Australia we are in the heat of summer ....daffodils and daisys would melt at the moment ........ so hot some days breathing is hard work ..... We are also bracing for a flood , predicted to hit us on Sunday ......71% of Qld Australia is in flood at the moment .....the flood waters we are expecting are from Emerald in central Aust .....these waters have wiped out many homes and buisnesses in Emerald ...... We aussies live in such a diverse country .... we take it all pretty much in our stride ...... London sounds beautiful ....elegant in fact .
Reply:It is currently -15F or -26C where I am today. The lakes have anwhere from 12 to 18 inches of ice on them, and we still have about a foot of snow on the ground.
So..... No signs of spring in Minnesota.
Reply:-36 F here, no, no sign here yet, wish the Global Warming thing was real, maybe it would be a little warmer here.
Reply:the tree outside my house has been blossoming since november. its all very strange it doesnt feel like january at all its not cold and wintery at all
Reply:aahhh spring!! im in Glasgow's CIty Centre....we have clear skies and sulight....but its very cold outside and is snowing after every 30-40 mins.......strange alltogether....but were used to it!
Reply:Here in north Wales it is sunny, but VERY cold. There are some cherry trees in blossom around here, the cat is having mad running around the house sessions, so, spring must be on the way
You sound like a happy chappy, enjoy your spring in London
Reply:Toronto Canada and east along the Lake Ontario area: just had a major storm of about 6 inches of snow and high winds causing dangerous white out conditions. So, no it does not look or feel a bit like spring around here.
Reply:not here in scotland
Reply:I have -14 and has been barely above 0 for about a week.
Reply:Yes. We live just off Hyde Park (the Knightsbridge side) and the "Local Gang"(s) of "Magpies" and "Crows" are indeed 'occupied' with "making whoopie" and 'feathering their nest' - for which I hope and trust, that; they get arrested (by any decent Copper doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay) and........ 'molested'" (by any 'volunteer' from the Marwood, Berry, Ellis, or, Pierrepoint Families - Great Public Servants; hope the Law changes; sooner than later - by way of; Public outrage.)
Reply:Blame Global Warming... or George Bush for not signing the Kyoto Protocols [he of course is omnipotent according to AGW proponents]
Reply:Absolutely not - it's 12 below zero here in the Twin Cities (That's Fahrenheit) That's 24 below zero Celsius. I'd love to invite the Californians who have never lived in a place where it's been this cold to come on up and spend a winter up here.
Reply:England can be great full for this warm jet stream coming from the Pacific's Equatorial region across the Atlantic. Otherwise you would probably be freezing like much of the USA.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_...
Reply:you have too much time on your hands
Reply:I live in bury st edmunds, suffolk and there are a lot of daffodils growing about!!
Reply:i must be going crazy because its snowing occassionally up here and its bloody FREEEZING!!! aint spring this early! ask again in march.....
Reply:I saw a calf the other day which looked to be just new born, it was stumbling all over the place =) also there is snow drops growing in my next door neighbours garden too!!
Reply:Warm for the time of year isn’t it? In Suffolk the average temperatures for January this year have been up to 13C, usually the average for mid-April. January temperatures are usually around 6C.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eve...
We are likely to see colder weather before spring fully arrives though. Metcheck have a list of dates when particular types of weather can be expected at certain times of the year. Be interesting to see if these continue to hold true in the future.
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/sing...
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Spring - is there any sign of it where you live?
i live 2 mile outside RYE IN EAST SUSSEX AND IV GOT LOADS OF DAFFS.SHOWING , ALSO THE BIRDS ARE BEGINING ME WAKE ME EARLY IN THE MORNING , Ohhh its a great way to wake up, spring its my favourite time of the year
Reply:Yes, I can't believe it. 12 Celsius (daytime high) and has not dropped below 10 since new year and only gone under that once or twice in Dec.
I live in Fareham on the South Coast. My plum tree has sprung leaves some of my fuchsias never lost all of them and my South African Daisies never lost any. Naturally the daf's are out in force.
Reply:Here in Michigan, I'm along Lake Michigan and it is -9 (C), and we are buried in snow, expecting more snow, and expecting even more snow. Even my squirrels are hibernating right now!
Reply:Just got back from Kota Kinabalu where the weather is fine in the day and raining in the night, got some fish out on the reefs, caught a couple of tunas (3 pounders) and couple of 15 pounders, plenty of small fish. Back in Hongkong the weather was really bad, 12 deg. c. with slight drizzle, no sign of spring in my loins yet. When I do see some signs will definitely let you know.
Reply:Hi Clive ,,,,,Here in Rockhampton Australia we are in the heat of summer ....daffodils and daisys would melt at the moment ........ so hot some days breathing is hard work ..... We are also bracing for a flood , predicted to hit us on Sunday ......71% of Qld Australia is in flood at the moment .....the flood waters we are expecting are from Emerald in central Aust .....these waters have wiped out many homes and buisnesses in Emerald ...... We aussies live in such a diverse country .... we take it all pretty much in our stride ...... London sounds beautiful ....elegant in fact .
Reply:It is currently -15F or -26C where I am today. The lakes have anwhere from 12 to 18 inches of ice on them, and we still have about a foot of snow on the ground.
So..... No signs of spring in Minnesota.
Reply:-36 F here, no, no sign here yet, wish the Global Warming thing was real, maybe it would be a little warmer here.
Reply:the tree outside my house has been blossoming since november. its all very strange it doesnt feel like january at all its not cold and wintery at all
Reply:aahhh spring!! im in Glasgow's CIty Centre....we have clear skies and sulight....but its very cold outside and is snowing after every 30-40 mins.......strange alltogether....but were used to it!
Reply:Here in north Wales it is sunny, but VERY cold. There are some cherry trees in blossom around here, the cat is having mad running around the house sessions, so, spring must be on the way
You sound like a happy chappy, enjoy your spring in London
Reply:Toronto Canada and east along the Lake Ontario area: just had a major storm of about 6 inches of snow and high winds causing dangerous white out conditions. So, no it does not look or feel a bit like spring around here.
Reply:not here in scotland
Reply:I have -14 and has been barely above 0 for about a week.
Reply:Yes. We live just off Hyde Park (the Knightsbridge side) and the "Local Gang"(s) of "Magpies" and "Crows" are indeed 'occupied' with "making whoopie" and 'feathering their nest' - for which I hope and trust, that; they get arrested (by any decent Copper doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay) and........ 'molested'" (by any 'volunteer' from the Marwood, Berry, Ellis, or, Pierrepoint Families - Great Public Servants; hope the Law changes; sooner than later - by way of; Public outrage.)
Reply:Blame Global Warming... or George Bush for not signing the Kyoto Protocols [he of course is omnipotent according to AGW proponents]
Reply:Absolutely not - it's 12 below zero here in the Twin Cities (That's Fahrenheit) That's 24 below zero Celsius. I'd love to invite the Californians who have never lived in a place where it's been this cold to come on up and spend a winter up here.
Reply:England can be great full for this warm jet stream coming from the Pacific's Equatorial region across the Atlantic. Otherwise you would probably be freezing like much of the USA.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_...
Reply:you have too much time on your hands
Reply:I live in bury st edmunds, suffolk and there are a lot of daffodils growing about!!
Reply:i must be going crazy because its snowing occassionally up here and its bloody FREEEZING!!! aint spring this early! ask again in march.....
Reply:I saw a calf the other day which looked to be just new born, it was stumbling all over the place =) also there is snow drops growing in my next door neighbours garden too!!
Reply:Warm for the time of year isn’t it? In Suffolk the average temperatures for January this year have been up to 13C, usually the average for mid-April. January temperatures are usually around 6C.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eve...
We are likely to see colder weather before spring fully arrives though. Metcheck have a list of dates when particular types of weather can be expected at certain times of the year. Be interesting to see if these continue to hold true in the future.
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/sing...
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