VIDEO: Daffodil or daffodil
The botanical difference between daffodil and daffodil
The daffodil is also called yellow narcissus, trumpet narcissus or false narcissus or Narcissus pseudonarcissus. The daffodil and the daffodil are Early bloomer and from a botanical point of view belong to the same family. This is the Amaryllidoideae, which belongs to the Amaryllis family.
All daffodils can therefore be described as daffodils, although not all daffodils are daffodils. In addition to the daffodil, there are other types of daffodils such as the summer daffodil or the poet's daffodil.
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| characteristic | description |
|---|---|
| genus | Daffodil (Narcissus) |
| family | Amaryllis family |
| colour | yellow |
| Occurrence | Garden plant, in meadows and on the banks of streams |
| Flowering time | March to May |
| Height | about 40 cm |
| Flower shape | Bell-shaped main crown with a yellow secondary crown |
Care tips for the popular garden plant
Choosing the right location is important when planting. The flowers like a moist soil and a sunny to partially shaded place. With a place in the shade, daffodils reach a significantly lower height.
The daffodil bulbs should be planted in the ground at a planting distance that is half of the expected growth height. The planting depth is about the size of the Onions times three.
As early as February, daffodils can be bought in pots. With the right care ...
After planting, you need to water the bulbs sufficiently. This must be taken into account when planting in the garden as well as when planting in pots. Since daffodils are very sensitive to frost, they are suitable for keeping specimens driven in buckets.
Daffodils or daffodils can also be grown in small pots or tubs. It is important that you water the plants in a pot or tub regularly. There must be no waterlogging.
Remove dead flower stems with a sharp knife. Cut flowers for a bouquet should also be cut off and not torn off. Tearing it off harms the plant.
Some varieties of the plant are suitable for naturalization. These include cyclamen daffodils (Narcissus cyclamineus), the poet's daffodil (Narcissus Poeticus) and the tazette or ostrich daffodils (Narcissus Tazetta). In order for the plants to thrive well in this way, the right location is important.
Daffodils are poisonous. The poisoning affects not only humans, but also animals of all kinds. In dogs, for example, just a few grams of a flower bulb can be fatal.
Other types of daffodils
Daffodils come in different varieties, which differ mainly in the shape and color of the flowers.
- the Poet daffodil looks very noble and differs through a rather flat crown in the center of the flower.
- The characteristic of the variety Ice follies is a creamy white wreath of flowers with a yellow main crown.
- Of the Dutch trumpet masters impresses with its particularly large, golden yellow flowers and is considered an easy-care type of daffodil.
- As the name of this variety suggests, it blooms Summer daffodil in contrast to the other varieties into the summer.
