Tahiti Daffodils are eye-catching in their size as well as their dazzling beauty. The ruffled double blooms of bright yellow and orange are so unusual that you may find your guests trying to get closer as they point and excitedly ask, “what’s that one?”
It can be difficult to find good quality bulbs locally, and if you’re going to spend money on bulbs, they should be of good quality. Buying bulbs from a reputable grower on line is as easy as looking at the comments on their website. Breck’s is the cream of the crop, with high quality bulbs, good service and excellent guarantees. Expect to pay a bit more for these bulbs, but realize that they do multiply and you will have more and more bulbs every few years when they need to be dug up and separated.
Once you have top quality bulbs, where will you plant them? Daffodil bulbs don’t like soggy ground, so plant them in an area that has good drainage. They love the full sun, but will do well with some shade. The bloom will be about a foot tall, so take care to plant the bulbs where they blooms won’t be hidden by taller daffodils or shrubs. You will want these lovelies to be seen!
Plant Tahiti Daffodil bulbs in the fall. Each bulb needs its own hole, because each bulb will develop into a clump about 6 to 8 inches in circumference. Dig the hole 6-8 inches deep, give it a few handfuls of composted soil and some bulb fertilizer and place the bulb with the tip side pointing up. Fill the hole back up with the soil that was dug out of the hole and tamp it down with your foot. You may want to place a marker if you are planting a lot of bulbs so that you don’t inadvertently dig it back up or plant something in front of it.
In three years, your clump should have grown 6-8 inches in circumference; now you can divide it and spread out the beauty. The only downfall to transplanting in the Spring is that you may lose some blooms that year, but rest assured they will come back next year as big and beautiful as ever. To divide the clump, plunge a spade straight down (not angled in towards the bulbs) and make a circle around the clump, at least 8 inches deep. As you complete the circle, you can gently pull back on the spade handle and loosen the clump. You may find you can pull it out with your hands, but you may also break off some of the stalks by doing so-be careful! Once the clump is out, shake the dirt from the bulbs and seperate them, stalk and all. Replant each stalk and bulb in its new location, buying it to the depth that it was (you can tell by the color of the stalk-plant it up wo where it turns light green). Give it a handful of composted soil and bulb fertilizer and bury it back up.
Most books will tell you to transplant daffodils and other bulbs in the fall, but there is a definate problem in doing that-they’re extremely hard to find. Even if they are marked, you may accidentally cut some of the bulbs with the spade. There’s no real disadvantage to simply dividing them in the spring, when you can see what you’re doing.
With proper care, your Tahiti Daffodils will be the pride of your spring garden, and will give you a lifetime of joy.
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