<p>I have quite a number of them, some in weird places that must be from squirrels uprooting and burying them.<br>
A friend says that it is best to “dead head” them while another says the flower should be allowed to die back.<br>
The ones in odd places - can I dig them up and replant them now or is there a better time?</p>
<p>Thanks All!</p>
<p>Allowing the foliage to die back naturally is said to return nutrition to the bulb, making for better flowers next year. I would wait to move the ones in odd places until fall, when ‘new’ bulbs are also being planted…The challenge is remembering where they are!!</p>
<p>Panhandlegal is correct. Let the flowers die back & fall is the best time to move them. That being said, I moved a bunch this spring as I will never find them in the fall. They look pretty good but did not bloom.</p>
<p>When I lived in a climate where daffodils could grow… (sigh) </p>
<p>I learned this at the Bot. Garden. After the flowers bloom, cut the flower head off. Then, gently braid the foliage and tuck it into a topknot. After the foliage turns brown, pull it off. This keeps the garden from looking ratty with straggly daffodil leaves, but the bulbs get to benefit from keeping the leaves.</p>
<p>I clip off the flowers but leave the foliage. I simply gather it together, tie it in a knot about a foot above the ground and then let it be for a month or so. When it browns back to the ground, that is when I would dig them up.</p>
<p>If I’m planning to move bulbs in the fall, I mark their spot with golf tees in the spring. It’s unobtrusive, but the tees are colorful enough to find come fall.</p>
<p>thats a great idea mezzomom
I moved a bunch last summer ( but our summer is others fall)- of course I didn’t remember what was what- they bloomed fine- I deadhead them and then trim the stalks so other things can get sun</p>
<p>Golf tees is a brilliant idea!</p>
<p>I have zillions of daffodils. Here’s my experience. You can move them anytime, they transplant fine, even in full bloom, and it’s easiest to move them when they’re blooming.</p>
<p>If you don’t deadhead, they produce seed, which consumes energy from the bulb, and you get slightly (very slightly) less bloom the next year. if you strip the foliage before it’s dead, however, you get NO bloom the next year. I just push the leaves to one side, braiding hundreds of daffodils would take too long. At that point, I sprinkle a handful of all-purpose slow-release fertilizer on the area.</p>
<p>If you do let them go to seed, it’s worth while to harvest the seed and drop it into out-of-the-way places because after a few years they produce more daffodils and they can be nice ones.</p>
<p>I leave the broad leaves as is and plant other things between them (this year, it’s impatiens). Then by the time the daff leaves turn brown and can be cut, the other plant is going gangbusters. It looks pretty with the tall green leaves and the low plants…I’ve had people ask what kind of flowers those are with the two kinds of leaves!</p>