Bouquet: Fresh Flowers Abundant

I have hundreds of Daffodils in bloom right now. I could place fresh flowers in every room of any house in the state of Missouri, I believe.

They are one of the easiest flowers to grow. In fact they are so resilient and hardy that they have outlasted many of the old homesteads where they were originally planted. I've seen them lots of times near old houses that were probably at the site not long after the turn of the century!

Such is the case of the great drift that resides where my late mother-in-law's house was. Each year I think of her in the spring when they bloom.

They say that they will be more robust in bloom the following year if you will apply fertilizer, after they bloom in the spring. Additionally, wait for the leaves to die down before you cut them down because this is where they get their food for the following year.

I have King Alfreds and several “fancy” varieties that bloom every year. I believe they are a little gift of sunshine before the real thing arrives for real this summer.

Have a good rest of your week. ~JB was here.