Hi Posierosie - Have you done this before and been able to see the result the next year? I have not done as much moving of bulb as I wanted to because of the old advice to wait until the foliage yellows. It never fails, I miss the window, getting busy with other things and the next thing you know, I turn around and the foliage is missing and I wonder where they were. [g]

A few times I have dug them up with a large root ball and potted them up and then replanted them in the fall. I suppose that makes more work for myself too.

So looking at the link, to what you were doing, it almost looks like you are shaking the bulb out of it's rootball and planting them bare root at that point. I would normally attempt to take as large a rootball as I could and disturb it as little as possible.

I think you are correct to take as much of the rootball as possible. When I was digging in the picture, the soil was very soft and I could just pull the bulbs out after loosening the soil and a great deal of the roots would still be attached. Now that the ground is firmer and the plant is much more developed, I would go your route and dig a big chunk of soil out.

I agree you should just plant directly in the ground rather than putting into pots. I often take the soil from the spot I placed the plants and use to fill up the hole where I removed it.

I would be very surprised if there's any loss for next year's blooms. Just treat like any transplanted perennial - tamp down firmly and water in.

Great, that's what I will do. Nice to feel more confident about it. [g]. I usually baby plants after transplanting, keeping an eye on them, shading them with a milk crate for even a week sometimes.

What about bunches of daffodils that have not bloomed well this spring? I'm trying to figure out why. The two patches that did not, are close to the base of shrubs. The shrubs have grown bigger around them. So while they are not shaded now, with no leaves on them, perhaps they are shaded the rest of the season once the shrub leafs out. Otherwise, could it be they've just been in the same spot for too long? What do you do in that case? Do you break up the patch and replant individual bulbs, or sets of three in more sun?

For the non blooming daffodils, are they looking congested? If so, they might benefit from being dug up, swished around in a bucket of water to remove the soil, gently teased apart and then replanted with more spacing either in a new spot or back where they were.

If you are not already fertilizing, I would suggest doing so as the competition with the bushes might require more nutrition available.

There are various reasons for not blooming, some worse than others, but I would give either options a try and see how it goes.

Great thanks for the advice. I probably could do with both suggestions.[g]. No, I am not in the habit of fertilizing but these Daffs are the most prolific bloomers and are known for that. I think one is Ice Follies? And every year they are very vigorous and full of blooms for years, w/o fertilizer. So I do think it is the shrub growing too close now. Those that are in front of the shrub are blooming fine, it is just two patches that are right under the branches of the shrub. So I will try your idea of teasing them apart and replanting in a new location. AND - I'll try to remember to fertilize them too. Thank you!