Anyone Had Any Success With Daffodils?

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 10:27

I have seen the odd Daffodil here and there but no “swathes” of them.

Has anyone had success with the bulbs surviving the dry summers and flowering again the following year?

Thanks

Chegwin

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 10:28

Dont be Daff )

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 10:35

Will let you know next winter. Got some just about to flower planted last autumn.

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 10:47

Cooper.

Wrong thread.

Chegs

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 10:51

Yes, I've grown them in the past, but quickly learnt you must lift them out after they have died down, as they cannot take the heat, and the bulbs get eaten by the magpies.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 12:09

Got tete a tete showing their heads.Lots of daffodilsall over the place,from 12"high to just appearing out of the ground.Definitely have bunches for Dewi Sant...St.David's Day.

And yes,once the foliage has yellowed,take them out of the ground,and store to plant next year,say November.

Oh and all swet peas planted November are over 12" high.

Mike

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 12:16

Cheers mikelapta et al.



Chegs

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 12:18

Mike lapta .



Can you post any pics ?

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 12:59

I planted some daffs on my parents' grave in Kyrenia in 1987. One bulb stoically produces one flower every year!

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 13:41

Pipie,should have good show for 1st March,will take then

Mike

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 13:44

Back to the Middle England mentality again why plant northern hemisphere spring bulbs in Cyprus when there are so many beautiful local plants.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 13:49

Paddy,read the post,do NOT talk about middle England or any part that country to our East.

And for your benefit,my fantastic display of Cyprus wild narcissi has just finished in the lemon grove.

In fact,ALL my daffodil bulbs were purchased in a Turkish district of Istanbul.

Go and eat your shamrock

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 14:49

I'd agree that it is too hot in the summer for yellow daffodils but the white ones flower consistently. I have far more buds this year than for several years. The wet winter has done wonders for the plants.

pjnxi



Joined: 12/02/2009
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 14:55

To all gardeners - Beware!!



We took daffodil bulbs over to Esentepe but unknown to us the little girl next door started to eat them thinking they were onions. We immediately rushed her to Kyrenia hospital. The surgeon took her in to intensive care and after about 2 hours reported back to us that thankfully all was OK but they were keeping her in. They did expect her to be out in the Spring.



PJNXI

plumber



Joined: 27/08/2008
Posts: 85

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 15:04

Thanks im gonna plant some , there my favourite flower remind me when I was young.steve

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 15:17

Mikelapta .



Cheers look forward to the pics .!!



Paddy wack of course there are lovely spring flowers in TRNCi agree with you there , however dafs would look fanatstic also , nothing wrong with middle England neither !!



Pinxi that made be chuckle !!

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 18:50

Paddywack.

Nothing to do with middle England society.

If you do not have anything constructive to add to the threads please don’t.

There are a few indigenous species of Narcissi that are around the Med’ coast.

My question was has anyone experience of growing these or any variations.

That was all.

Bonjour

Chegs

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 22:38

I love spring bulbs of any kind I even managed to buy some snowdrop bulbs locally As this is the first year I have tried to grow anything here all bulbs have come through the ground lots of greenery but no buds as yet. Thanks for the tip re lifting daffodil bulbs do you think I should do the same with all other bulbs.

tulips crocuses assorted narcissus and as mentioned before snowdrops

The sweet-peas I planted were given to me by a forum member and some of them are now flowering and

at least 2 feet tall so thanks again Karen.



Cathy

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 23:00

We see loads of wild Narcissus here on the slopes in Esentepe, so they must be able to withstand the heat etc.. without being lifted.



It may be that cultivated beds are more prone to heat, as the earth won't be as compacted or naturally fed by the underground water table.

pjnxi



Joined: 12/02/2009
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
15/02/2010 13:56

Hi message 14. The little girl next door (out and in bloom) pjnxi

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
15/02/2010 14:00

It's best to lift all bulbs from the ground when the foilage has died back and is brown.Keep them in as cool /dark place you can find here.

Oh and daffodils originated from the narcissi,grown in Europe BEFORE UK or Middle Wngland joined!!!

My sweet pea seeds did come from UK and I'm trying to be colour coordinated,with a bed of white,and pink,and blue.

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
15/02/2010 18:51

Don't bother to lift Freesias. By far the best bulb to grow in Cyprus. They come back year in year out & they increase. When in Cyprus, Largely forget what grew well in the UK. Grow here what grows well here, it's a lot less effort.

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
15/02/2010 23:25

Thanks everyone for your bulb tips











Cathy