Plant for March | Daffodils
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Daffodils
These plants have beautiful spring colours which will come up year after year. Use a mixture of varieties with different blooming dates to prolong the colour in your garden.
Deadheading
When your daffodils are fading, pinch away the flowers. This process, known as ‘deadheading’ makes sure all the plant’s energy is used for next year’s blooms.
Special care
Don't cut the leaves until they’ve gone yellow. The leaves are used to create energy for next year’s flowers so don’t cut them too early.
Cut flowers
Enjoy your daffodils inside but they should be kept in a vase by themselves as they wilt other cut flowers. If you want to combine them, make sure you put them in a separate vase to begin with. After thirty minutes, change the water.
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