The subject at hand is daffodils - there were a number of bunches of weakly flowering (if at all) daffodils. I took one area and dug them up in early July. At that point, they had all died back. I ended up with 80 bulbs, 20 larger than a quarter, some smaller than a dime. I planted them right away in three groupings along the road between some large evergreen trees. There were already clumps of daylilies there but I wanted something for early spring. I think now that perhaps planting them under the pine trees may not have been the best move but, that's where they are;) The first year after moving the bulbs (2012), they all came up but no flowers. This year, it looks like we're going to have 4 flowers - I was hoping for 80 but, perhaps that's not realistic. Question: Is it normal to have no flowers for 2 years for overcramped bulbs or should I fertilize them to help them out because of the evergreens?
This year, I plan to do the same thing for a couple other bunches (150 bulbs perhaps) except this time, I'm going to "naturalize" a south-facing bank area. This area also has some tree cover (everyplace here does) but it's a Chestnut tree.
The bunch in the lower left of this picture is where the 80 bulbs that were moved in 2011 came from:
DSC_20110406_110058 by jerryshenk, on Flickr
I believe they are Dutch Master Daffodils - does that seem reasonable? Notice how there really aren't many flowers...too cramped I believe. Don't have a better picture (yet;):
DSC_20120329_152634 by jerryshenk, on Flickr
