Oooh those are pretty Cindy! Love the pink... I just have mini yellow daffodils (I think they are called "Minnow") and they have 2" leaves already. But they are in a very warm area of my garden so I wouldn't worry yet. Keep us posted.

So, Cindy, you'll be digging those up to bring with you when you move, right?

Shauna

Let us know if they're really pink. I heard somewhere that the pink ones end up being more of an orange-y pink. Has anyone else tried pink ones?

Those ARE pretty, Cindy! It's understandable that you're impatient!

I love the pink too, and I'm hoping that they will look like the picture. I was surfing around trying to find an estimated bloom time for them (didn't find anything very helpful) and I saw a couple of references to them being more of a salmon or peachy colour. Time will tell I guess...

I would love to dig them up to take with us, but I'm not sure of the best way to go about it. I don't have too much experience with bulbs, and none at all with daffodils. Any words of advice?

I think they're taking so long to come up beacause they're jealous, lol. They're under there sulking because I've spent so much time cooing over my WS babies. Perhaps if I spend a little more time cooing over them that'll coax them out;)

Cindy

Hmmm, daffodils and tulips are usually up with the crocuses, so maybe yours aren't going to come up. That being said, however, there are no sign of any of the 50 daffs i planted last fall in a woodland-ish area on my lawn. So maybe we're both going to be disappointed! :(

With my limited daffodil experience, I did notice that sometimes the ones I had newly planted the previous fall seemed to come up a bit later than the more established clumps. For example, just yesterday I noticed that 'Cheerfulness' is popping out of the ground in one of the island beds. Last spring I remember thinking that they were gonners because they weren't up yet and my other daffs were already blooming. But eventually they did pop up and bloom, so I'm thinking that maybe they needed a year to really get into the swing of things and figure out just when it's safe to come up. Actually, I'm still waiting for some new ones to come up in another bed too, so maybe I'll try cooing to them like Cindy does and that'll help!
This is my theory any, so don't give up hope yet Cindy and Marcia!

Thanks for letting us know that, Laurie - i'll go out and coo (while i'm scooping up dog poo!).

I planted "Cheerfulness" last fall too. I wonder where.... :)

I planted these two years ago and they came up mid April. I haven't noticed any difference this year from the year before.

Replete are a splendid daffodil--the fragrance filled my yard. They were pink as pictured.

Daffodils are pretty much fool proof--if you don't plant them too deep or upside down, you'll be rewarded in the spring.

From what I've experienced, it seems soil temperature is key with bulbs emerging. The tulips, squill and hyacinth in my south bed were up 2 weeks earlier than than my other two bulb beds (one facing east but only morning sun, the other west).

Be patient---you'll likely see them soon.

Looks like we'll have to be patient a little longer, lol.

Bemidji, you made me even more excited to see them. Thanks for sharing your experience. Pretty pink AND fragrant...woooo hoooo!

Definitely going to have to coo and whisper sweet nothings to them now, lol.

Cindy

If you want to dig them up and take them with you...why not? Just remember that you cannot cut a daffodil flower stalk off the bulb or it will never flower again. So, why don't you dig them, plant them in a pot or an ice cream container and let them flower in there this spring and take them with you?

Why not dig out a little piece of each of your favorite perennials in your yard and take them with you also? Now as they come up, pot or bag them and later move the pots/bags with you. Of course, you will want to move as little dirt and as small of a pot as you can. Someone on one of the other forums had moved about 3 or 4 times and each time taken a sampling of each of her garden plants with her. Sure saved her money when she arrived in her new home in the fact that she didn't have to buy all the plants over again.

By the way, if you drive from Ontario to Calgary you will drive by my place...I live 1 km off the #1 in the Brandon area.

Brenda

Umm, sorry.... it's not true that cutting a daffodil flower from the stalk will prevent it from blooming again.
Cutting off the green foliage without allowing it to yellow off naturally (which replenishes energy in the bulb for blooming next year) is certainly not a good thing to do (as it may then take a couple of years to replenish itself enough to bloom again), but cutting the flowers makes no difference. (Believe me....I deadhead hundreds of daffodils each year...they are excellent naturalizers, by the way.)

Good...about being able to cut off the daffodil flower. I was just going by what I have been told in the past by others. Hey, if I can cut off a flower...great 'cause I would love to cut some of my own to place here on the living room table. Thanks for setting me straight.

Brenda

Love that pink! I have yellow daffodils, and a few white&yellow, but not pink. I know what I'm looking for this fall!
Connie

Any sign of your 'Replete' daffs yet, Cindy?

I just checked the new ones I had planted last fall (Sempre Avanti) and one is just poking up. I should mention that not all daffs are hardy in our zone either. The ones just coming up are in a bed away from the house, but the ones in front of the house(south-facing) are blooming already. I've tried a few other varieties away from the house that didn't make it. I believe one variety was 'Quince' that didn't survive, I can't remember the names of the others. So I'm thinking that if you want to insure survival, daffs need to be planted in a very warm, protected spot, at least in zone 3 and colder.

With that being said, I've still got my fingers crossed for your daffs to come up :^)

Laurie

This daffodil was listed as zone 3, I sure hope it's hardy. I went out today to check for them. Nuthin' yet:(

Cindy

Yes, all of my daffodils claimed to be hardy to zone 3 too. Maybe the ones that didn't make it couldn't read??
Oh well, it was a mild winter, yours should come up any day now :o)

Oh, I hope I didn't buy illiterate daffodils, lol. I mulched them with dry leaves in the fall to give them a little extra protection. Hope this helped them, not hurt them. They are in a full sun, somewhat protected spot. I'm not too worried about them yet, just impatient. I'm trying to stifle my curiosity because I reall, really want to dig them up and see what they're doing under there. I'm thinking that thay probably wouldn't appreciate that too much, lol.

Cindy

Well, different experiences...
So far, I've only found one daffodil variety/species to not be hardy here (N. canaliculatus, multiple tries). Other than that species(?), the only other failures I've had with bulbs (after planting thousands) is with bargain bulbs...there must be some good reasons why they are cheap, and my tendency is to think that a lot of shortcuts are taken with them that add up to general poor handling (e.g. unsuitable storage/transit temperatures - too hot, too cold?; dug when?) My comments here actually refer mainly to tulip bulbs though; haven't really had "failures" with daffodils. Interesting...

Cindy, go get a little hand rake and see what's down there. Gently! It's driving me nuts!

(so says me who waited a month for a sprout on my new hosta, and knocked said sprout off 1/2" under the soil by digging around with a screwdriver)

Do it do it do it!!!

Gil, it must have been your wicked little voice that goaded me into it. I admit it! I did it! I gave in to the overwhelming urge and dug one of the little suckers up!

Now since you talked me into doing such a terrible thing, I'm NOT going to tell you what I found.

Hah....take that!

Cindy

Hee hee... just kidding:)

I seriously couldn't resist anymore and I hope this is not going to be a case of "curiosity killed the daffodil", lol. I had to know what was going on under there and no matter how long and intently I stared at the bare soil, they would not show themselves. So, I went looking for them....

Ever so gently, I dug around until I felt one of the bulbs. I very carefully brushed away the dirt around it and lifted it out. The bulb is healthy and alive! Not only did it survive, but it's huge and now has a fairly large baby attached to it. The baby alone is bigger than the ones you usually see in the big box stores around here. The bulb was very firm and healthy looking. No sign of growth on the top yet but lots of little roots on the bottom.

I carefully put it back to bed, tucked it in and gave it a nice glass of water.

Okay Gil, you convinced me that I needed to dig it up, now please convince me that I didn't just kill the poor thing, lol.

Someday I will learn to be more patient, I promise:)

Cindy

LOL! Glad it's alive... or it was before my wicked voice goaded you. I'm sure it will be fine. Must be in cool soil not to be sprouting yet. Mine are just budding out now. Hopefully will be blooming tomorrow, since it's supposed to be nice again. :0)

BTW good thing I didn't turn on the computer between 22:55 and 0:22 (GW time, whatever that is). I woulda gone nuts!

Heh, I had to go load the dishwasher so I thought I'd make you wait a bit, lol.

Yayyyyyyyyyyy! They're alive! They poked their little heads up yesterday.

Doin' the Happy Daffy Dance here:)

Cindy